[Cob] sustainability

[Dulane]

I know this is off the topic, and I apologize. But I for one am resposible
for my own actions (to the best of my ability, and improving).
I will use biodiesel until the next best option comes around. I suppose that
is a bicycle or a good pair of hiking boots...and I'm working in that
direction, too.
There are too few of us as it is, and we are creating an example for the
rest of the population.
Pat yourself on the back.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Kerr" <jonskerr at visi.com>
To: <Coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Cob] sustainability


|
| On Oct 22, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Amanda Peck wrote:
|
| >
| > We wish.
| >
| > We wish that all the biodiesel in the world was coming from
| > leftovers.  It's true the people I know who are running biodiesel
| > are making it from recycling fryer oil.  But.....
| >
| > But....  Look for rape-seed/canola oil prices to rise as the EU
| > mandates x percentage of the diesel fuel to be biodiesel.  The
| > supply right now is very tight because of just that, I read in an
| > article in Planet Ark (Reuters news stories more or less about the
| > environment, published out of New Zealand I think) the other day.
| >
| > The ethanol used in gasoline/ethanol mixures isn't going to come
| > from a corn crop?  Ummmm.  It is now, and you can also buy dried
| > corn off the cob for burning in specialized stoves.
| >
| > Even something like Jean Pain's biogas, expanded to include a fair
| > proportion of an area will rob the forests there of organic matter--
| > fertilizer.
|
| Well, crap.  Maybe the Elf is right then. Sorry you guys. I'm still
| not sure we shouldn't bother, which kind of seemed to be the point of
| his original post, but jeez, everywhere you turn it just looks more
| and more like we're all doomed. Maybe the species that replaces us
| will be more enlightened.
|
| Jon
|
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