Comments on: Common Misconceptions About Biodiesel Dispelled. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/30/misconceptions-about-biodiesel-and-how-it-can-be-used/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:45:13 -0500 hourly 1 By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/30/misconceptions-about-biodiesel-and-how-it-can-be-used/comment-page-1/#comment-15317 David Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:23:14 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1681#comment-15317 I agree Julian- it is so not the solution. Buri am hoping it does get people thinking that oil is not the only way to power our lives. Thanks for your thoughts on this issue! I agree Julian- it is so not the solution. Buri am hoping it does get people thinking that oil is not the only way to power our lives. Thanks for your thoughts on this issue!

]]> By: Julian http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/04/30/misconceptions-about-biodiesel-and-how-it-can-be-used/comment-page-1/#comment-15316 Julian Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:57:38 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1681#comment-15316 From a technological point of view, biodiesel seems great. But given that it competes with food production, I can’t really endorse it or support it. As the poster above me said, we’re in the middle of a world wide food crisis, and feeding food to engines does not compute. Biodiesel could have been great at the times of the Green Revolution when food was cheap. Right now, adopting biofuels would mean starving hundreds of millions to death in the third world, in order to keep first world engines running. Specially, since we have other alternatives such as hydrogen. There are ways to generate hydrogen all over the world, for a true democratization of energy production and consumption, without displacing other imprescindible activities such as farming. From a technological point of view, biodiesel seems great. But given that it competes with food production, I can’t really endorse it or support it. As the poster above me said, we’re in the middle of a world wide food crisis, and feeding food to engines does not compute.

Biodiesel could have been great at the times of the Green Revolution when food was cheap. Right now, adopting biofuels would mean starving hundreds of millions to death in the third world, in order to keep first world engines running.

Specially, since we have other alternatives such as hydrogen. There are ways to generate hydrogen all over the world, for a true democratization of energy production and consumption, without displacing other imprescindible activities such as farming.

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