Comments on: Happy Birthday, Biodiesel! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-96538 justpbob Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:32:34 +0000 #comment-96538 Oops, wrong post! Oops, wrong post!

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-96537 justpbob Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:29:29 +0000 #comment-96537 Kidding aside, <a href="http://www.umhi.org/" target="_blank">we are working on the hydrogen thang too</a>, maz. Kidding aside, we are working on the hydrogen thang too, maz.

]]> By: brown131 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-51170 brown131 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:08:36 +0000 #comment-51170 There are a number of efficient sources for biodiesel. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article that lists them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#Biodiesel_feedstock<br /> <br /> I saw a calculation that said that if an area only the size of Rhode Island were cultivated with algae for biodiesel use, it would supply all the transportation fuel needs of the U.S. (I can't find the article or else I'd give a link to it. Sorry.)<br /> <br /> In Europe, rapeseed, a.k.a. canola, is the primary source of biodiesel, which is nearly 3 times as efficient a source. The main reason I suspect that soybeans are used in the U.S. (and corn for ethanol) is that production these crops are subsidized by government.<br /> There are a number of efficient sources for biodiesel. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia article that lists them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#Biodiesel_feedstock

I saw a calculation that said that if an area only the size of Rhode Island were cultivated with algae for biodiesel use, it would supply all the transportation fuel needs of the U.S. (I can’t find the article or else I’d give a link to it. Sorry.)

In Europe, rapeseed, a.k.a. canola, is the primary source of biodiesel, which is nearly 3 times as efficient a source. The main reason I suspect that soybeans are used in the U.S. (and corn for ethanol) is that production these crops are subsidized by government.

]]> By: skybluewater http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50540 skybluewater Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:37:01 +0000 #comment-50540 Some people are confusing bio-diesel with ethanol. Personally, I don't think corn is the answer either, but how about poplars? Celulosic ethanol will return corn to its destiny, smothered in butter and heavily salted.<br /> <br /> Some people are confusing bio-diesel with ethanol. Personally, I don’t think corn is the answer either, but how about poplars? Celulosic ethanol will return corn to its destiny, smothered in butter and heavily salted.

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50527 kwatt Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:42:47 +0000 #comment-50527 You guys go on with your clean fuels or whatever. I'll buy all the cheap and dirty shit and be rich. Rich I tell you! You guys go on with your clean fuels or whatever. I’ll buy all the cheap and dirty shit and be rich. Rich I tell you!

]]> By: Phil Erup http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50484 Phil Erup Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:41:29 +0000 #comment-50484 Sure Biodiesel is hip and cool but what about the Transgender Fuel Community? Sure Biodiesel is hip and cool but what about the Transgender Fuel Community?

]]> By: alamn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50481 alamn Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:32:51 +0000 #comment-50481 Sorry, Warren, <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2005/06/06/daily38.html" target="_blank">I take it all back</a>. But you could have built in Minnesota, you know. Sorry, Warren, I take it all back. But you could have built in Minnesota, you know.

]]> By: leigha http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50477 leigha Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:20:24 +0000 #comment-50477 ouch. you watch it srhcb, or I'll just hav[KABOOM] ouch. you watch it srhcb, or I’ll just hav[KABOOM]

]]> By: srhcb http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50476 srhcb Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:18:39 +0000 #comment-50476 One thing we can't make energy out of is scientific and economic ignorance, although it would probably be worth a try? One thing we can’t make energy out of is scientific and economic ignorance, although it would probably be worth a try?

]]> By: alamn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9604#comment-50474 alamn Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:13:28 +0000 #comment-50474 Jason: some might say as a <em>bona fide </em>member of the MSM, you have been in the poo business for awhile.<br /> <br /> Not <em>me</em>, of course.... Jason: some might say as a bona fide member of the MSM, you have been in the poo business for awhile.

Not me, of course….

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