Comments on: 93 percent increase in greenhouse gases? Renewable Fuel Association says fossil fuels created the “carbon debt we can never repay” http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/11/93-percent-increase-in-greenhouse-gases-renewable-fuel-association-says-fossil-fuels-created-the-carbon-debt-we-can-never-repay/ The world's most widely-read biofuels daily Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: simplicator http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/11/93-percent-increase-in-greenhouse-gases-renewable-fuel-association-says-fossil-fuels-created-the-carbon-debt-we-can-never-repay/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 simplicator Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:01:42 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/11/93-percent-increase-in-greenhouse-gases-renewable-fuel-association-says-fossil-fuels-created-the-carbon-debt-we-can-never-repay/#comment-1052 These guys are obviously on the payroll of big oil. From their "logic" we need to reassess the impact of petroleum since its rising cost is making people burn down rain forests! There are billions of acres that were cleared long ago for lumber, over farmed and now lay fallow because the soil won't support crops. Planting jatropha brings jobs to these areas and if you plant, tend and harvest by hand there will be a net negative CO2 impact. It is very expensive to clear forests, so with all of this fallow land, don't you think it will get used first? These guys also never take into account that we will soon solve the algae puzzle, waste-to-fuel and other technological breakthroughs that will move biofuels beyond its beginnings. We need more support for advancing biofuels instead of greedy, misinformed "scientists" kicking dirt on them. We have to take away all petroleum subsidies and apply all of that money toward effective alternatives. Steve Stout San Jose, CA These guys are obviously on the payroll of big oil. From their “logic” we need to reassess the impact of petroleum since its rising cost is making people burn down rain forests!

There are billions of acres that were cleared long ago for lumber, over farmed and now lay fallow because the soil won’t support crops. Planting jatropha brings jobs to these areas and if you plant, tend and harvest by hand there will be a net negative CO2 impact. It is very expensive to clear forests, so with all of this fallow land, don’t you think it will get used first?

These guys also never take into account that we will soon solve the algae puzzle, waste-to-fuel and other technological breakthroughs that will move biofuels beyond its beginnings. We need more support for advancing biofuels instead of greedy, misinformed “scientists” kicking dirt on them. We have to take away all petroleum subsidies and apply all of that money toward effective alternatives.

Steve Stout
San Jose, CA

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