tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14235725.post113962022936549409..comments2023-12-27T04:58:41.112-08:00Comments on BIOconversion Blog: General Motors - Live Green/Go Yellow CampaignC. Scott Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04752517798894140353noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14235725.post-1141693190317685432006-03-06T16:59:00.000-08:002006-03-06T16:59:00.000-08:00"Growing oil" is only a problem if it competes wit..."Growing oil" is only a problem if it competes with other uses for the crops. If we stay with only one feedstock - corn - then we need more fertilizer to keep from depleting the land and the higher demand raises the price for corn. If we use multiple feedstock - other crops, switchgrass, and agricultural waste - then we don't need to fertilize as much (crop rotation) and prices stay stable. If weC. Scott Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752517798894140353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14235725.post-1141691863843102812006-03-06T16:37:00.000-08:002006-03-06T16:37:00.000-08:00There seems to be little real consideration of the...There seems to be little real consideration of the ramifications of "growing" oil- is the corn grown using petroleum based fertilizers? Is the fossil fuel to fertilizer to corn to fuel more efficient than going dorectly from fossil fuel to fuel?<BR/>Regardless of the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers,<BR/>can we be sure that farming fuel won't depleat our soils?<BR/>Burning biomass as fuel Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14235725.post-1139793717323019932006-02-12T17:21:00.000-08:002006-02-12T17:21:00.000-08:00You seem to have the fuel security angle well covo...You seem to have the fuel security angle well covoured. I run a climate change blog, i thought you might like to link to, climate change is another strong reason to use biofuels.<BR/><BR/>http://climatechangeaction.blogspot.comCalvin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899904249648707318noreply@blogger.com