MacIs there enough bio-diesel?
November 21st 2006 02:45
I've been getting questions about using Bio-diesel and veggie oil for car fuel. The question is if there is enough veggies to go around to eat and to put in our cars. Well, to clarify, the biodiesel stations at the moment, use recyled deep fat fryer grease and change it into usable fuels. So this is a purely recycled waste product. Right now, my local Biodiesel station isn't using ALL the grease on the island, and if it would, I don't think there would be enough for everyone on the island. BUT, if you look at my post a few days ago on Cane Burning I present an idea of replacing the sugar cane(which is an economical drain) on this island with soybean or some other veggie that can then be turned into fuel. There are many, many acres of cane, and there could be enough to get this whole island self-sustainable.
At present they burn the cane, which sends brown smoke all over the island, and causes many health problems. My boyfriend works in an non-airconditioned kitchen on the bottom floor where the smoke happen to blow right into. It's not fair that he and his co-workers have to be subjected to this pollutant while at work because the government subsidizes this archaic practice of burning the cane to harvest.
So, I think this type of thing could happen everywhere, every community has it's blight, acreage that is being subsidized by the government and that the locals would rather see go, that could be growing fuel crops.
It's all about better managment. It's the same with the food issue, there is most definitly enough food on this planet to feed every single human. We just have terrible leaders and improper distribution.
It is up to us as individuals to make choices in our lives that leave a lighter footprint on this earth.
At present they burn the cane, which sends brown smoke all over the island, and causes many health problems. My boyfriend works in an non-airconditioned kitchen on the bottom floor where the smoke happen to blow right into. It's not fair that he and his co-workers have to be subjected to this pollutant while at work because the government subsidizes this archaic practice of burning the cane to harvest.
So, I think this type of thing could happen everywhere, every community has it's blight, acreage that is being subsidized by the government and that the locals would rather see go, that could be growing fuel crops.
It's all about better managment. It's the same with the food issue, there is most definitly enough food on this planet to feed every single human. We just have terrible leaders and improper distribution.
It is up to us as individuals to make choices in our lives that leave a lighter footprint on this earth.
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