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Tag Archives: biodiesel
Peak soil: Industrial agriculture destroys ecosystems and civilizations. Biofuels make it worse.
Alice Friedemann. 2017. Peak Soil. Last updated: June 4, 2017, first published 2007 [ Formerly titled: Why Biofuels are Not Sustainable and a Threat to America’s National Security. Shorter versions appear in the following books: Jacqueline Langwith, ed. 2008. “Opposing … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Biofuels, Biomass, Energy, Peak Biofuels, Soil, Soil
Tagged aquifer depletion, biodiesel, biofuel, EROEI, EROI, erosion, ethanol, fertilizer, hunger, peak soil, pollution, topsoil
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Effects of biodiesel on diesel engines: John Deere
[ Since petroleum is finite, the most important focus of U.S. energy research ought to be keeping trucks operating, since civilization ends when trucks stop running. Ideally this would be done with a “drop-in” fuel that can be burned in … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiesel, Trucks
Tagged biodiesel, diesel engine, John Deere
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Energy generation water consumption
[ Notice how much water biofuels use, especially soybeans for biodiesel Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer] Notes from “Working Document of the NPC Future Transportation Fuels Study. Topic … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Energy Production
Tagged biodiesel, biofuels, consumption, corn stover, E85, energy, water, water use
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Large agribusiness gets corporate welfare via illegal ethanol subsidies
What more proof is needed that the Energy Returned on Energy Invested of ethanol is negative? They’re losing money and getting corporate welfare to keep the scam going, meanwhile destroying prime topsoil, poisoning the land with pesticides, and eutrophying the … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, EROEI Energy Returned on Energy Invested
Tagged agribusiness, biodiesel, EROEI, ethanol, illegal, subsidies
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Germany National Academy of Sciences report: Don’t use biofuels
July 26, 2012. Bioenergy — Chances and Limits. German National Academy of Science (Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften). Page 30-56 English Version. A major motivations for using bio-energy is to reduce climate change from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by substituting … Continue reading
Posted in Algae, Biofuels, Biomass, Biomass EROI, Wood
Tagged algae, biodiesel, biofuel, environment, ethanol
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