Comments on: Biodiesel Production Getting More Efficient, Using Less Fossil Fuel

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:06:00 +0000

(Shecky is attempting to be a comedian. Just ignore his stuff, especially the ones that aren’t funny. Shecky Greene was a comedian that used to play Vegas.)

By: Anumakonda Jagadeesh

Anumakonda Jagadeesh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:36:00 +0000

What nonsense you wrote?

By: Shecky Vegas

Shecky Vegas — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:58:00 +0000

How dare you touch my tequila! Bastardo!

By: Bip

Bip — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:51:00 +0000

You make good points…biofuels are not really the answer. But for diesel autos on the road, it is environmentally better to use bios. You get that, right? Not trying to solve the fuel crisis with this – just trying to have less impact and cause less pollution

By: Bip

Bip — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:47:00 +0000

If we would ever come off our stupid policy on industrial hemp, not only the value of fuels, textiles, and protein, but also the use of hemp as a rotation crop among food crops could maximize gains to a field.

By: EdwardK

EdwardK — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:28:00 +0000

Tina:
I hate to be a wet blanket on this issue but regardless of how much or how little fossil fuel is used to grow soy beans they can never be a major factor in the production of biodiesel. The numbers simply don’t crunch. At less that 200 gallons per acre per annum soy biodiesel is not a viable crop. In my opinion, oil from algae is about the only possible source (it produced most of the fossil oil) of enough oil to provide the liquid fuels that we will need to continue the life style that we all seem to enjoy. Glycerol has been a problematic by-product of the transesterification process but as you note there is a bacteria (Clostidium pasteurianum) that is able to deal with Glycerol (or glycerin) and create useful products.

Anyone interested should check out http://www.oilage.com or http://cleantick.com for more information on producing oil with algae.

Thanks
Ed

By: Anumakonda Jagadeesh

Anumakonda Jagadeesh — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:09:00 +0000

There is Agave(Americana),Sisal Agave which is a care-free growth Plant which can be widely used in Biofuel production. Mexico is already doing this. The advantage of this plant is it regenerates.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com