Biofuels are the 'next environmental danger'

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Post #284,626 by boxley 5/14/07 2:34:04 PM Reply	Biofuels are the 'next environmental danger' el reg [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/14/biofuels_bad/\|http://www.theregist.../14/biofuels_bad/] The Co-operative Insurance Company, part of the UK's Co-op Group, has published a study that warns that the fuels might never live up to their promise, and could have a negative, rather than positive environmental impact, the BBC reports. I would rather eat my steak than drive it. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #284,630 by JayMehaffey 5/14/07 3:00:56 PM Reply	Could be Biofuels are a complex topic and wrapped up in a lot of bogus politics to boot. And considering you are talking long term projections of the environmental impact of a rapidly developing technology, it is probably better that you put it in religion then science. But the core idea is right. There simply isn't enough land for growing stuff on the entire planet to replace all of the oil we use now. Jay
Post #284,668 by jb4 5/14/07 9:51:28 PM Reply	And if you drive your steak to McDonalds... ...you fall into one of those metaphysical infinite recursion loops that roughly approximates "crossing the beams". jb4 "It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment." — George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)

Biofuels are the 'next environmental danger' - (boxley) - (2) - May 14, 2007, 02:34:04 PM EDT

Could be - (JayMehaffey) - May 14, 2007, 03:00:56 PM EDT

And if you drive your steak to McDonalds... - (jb4) - May 14, 2007, 09:51:28 PM EDT

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