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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figuresshow"
Another reason to use a bicycle instead.
"One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels..." Mo http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...-biofuels-food -- World Carfree Network http://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K. |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, newfigures show"
On Jan 24, 7:02*am, Doug wrote:
More OT crap from Doug. Don't the tags "UK" and "cycling" give some sort of clue to you, as this post relates to neither? |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, newfigures show"
On 24 Jan, 07:02, Doug wrote:
Another reason to use a bicycle instead. "One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels..." Mohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...er-us-grain-bi... -- World Carfree Networkhttp://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K. You may remember that the UK Nu Lab Government were very keen on Carbon neutral biofuels from crops a year or so ago to reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, and were setting targets for its use, until it pointed out to them that a huge land area would be required and people would have to starve. Usual lack of joined up thinking, but then what would you expect from Presidents Bush and Blair? DC |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, newfigures show"
On Jan 24, 7:02*am, Doug wrote:
Another reason to use a bicycle instead. "One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels..." Mohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...er-us-grain-bi... -- World Carfree Networkhttp://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K. Just putting the word 'bicycle' in the post does not stop this being OT WSR |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, newfigures show"
On 24 Jan, 09:03, FrengaX wrote:
On Jan 24, 7:02*am, Doug wrote: More OT crap from Doug. Don't the tags "UK" and "cycling" give some sort of clue to you, as this post relates to neither? Cyclists pedalling hard emit more CO2 than a person at rest, or sitting in a car! DC |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show"
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:02:06 -0800 (PST), Doug
wrote: Another reason to use a bicycle instead. "One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels..." Mo http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...-biofuels-food They don't make it easy to use Ethanol over there. Some states (my example is North Carolina) require petrol stations to "upgrade" in order to sell Ethanol...this involves buying special fire extinguishers etc...many stations don't find this worthwile and simply stop selling it. |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, newfigures show"
On 24 Jan, 11:36, (Les) wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:02:06 -0800 (PST), Doug wrote: Another reason to use a bicycle instead. "One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels..." Mo http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...er-us-grain-bi... They don't make it easy to use Ethanol over there. *Some states (my example is North Carolina) require petrol stations to "upgrade" in order to sell Ethanol...this involves buying special fire extinguishers etc...many stations don't find this worthwile and simply stop selling it. I think the idea is to mix the biofuels with existing petrol (gasoline) and diesel, rather than selling it as separate type of fuel. I believe that pure ethanol (alcohol) is used in drag racing in the US and as a normal vehicle fuel in Brazil. Is is very flammable and burns with an almost colourless flame, so is considered rather more dangerous than conventional fuels. DC |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show"
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:15:36 -0800 (PST), delboy
wrote: On 24 Jan, 11:36, (Les) wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:02:06 -0800 (PST), Doug wrote: Another reason to use a bicycle instead. "One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched by former President George Bush in 2007 is impacting on world food supplies. The 2009 figures from the US Department of Agriculture shows ethanol production rising to record levels driven by farm subsidies and laws which require vehicles to use increasing amounts of biofuels..." Mo http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...er-us-grain-bi... They don't make it easy to use Ethanol over there. =A0Some states (my example is North Carolina) require petrol stations to "upgrade" in order to sell Ethanol...this involves buying special fire extinguishers etc...many stations don't find this worthwile and simply stop selling it. I think the idea is to mix the biofuels with existing petrol (gasoline) and diesel, rather than selling it as separate type of fuel. I'm not sure most cars can handle such a mixture. I believe that pure ethanol (alcohol) is used in drag racing in the US and as a normal vehicle fuel in Brazil. Indeed, made from sugar cane. Is is very flammable and burns with an almost colourless flame, so is considered rather more dangerous than conventional fuels. As an aside, my experience with a rented "dual fuel" 2010 Ford Fusion was that mpg were about 25% less with Ethanol than with petrol, even after allowing for the (small) difference in price. I've been told that this is because those Ford engines are optimised to run on petrol rather than Ethanol. |
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"One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show"
Doug wrote:
Another reason to use ..... Well you don't want cars using oil either, so what do you suggest as a viable alternative fuel? Note, a different form of transport isn't the answer to the question ..... -- Paul - xxx '96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp |
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