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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Apart from the range-anxiety issue with electrics, another matter of concern that makes me also favorable to biofuels is the possibility of using them as a way to close the carbon cycle more effectively. Either in a biogas-fed powerplant or an alcohol-powered car, since organic matter won't stop rotting anyway, why not use it as an energy source instead of just throwing raw methane and alcohol vapors in the atmosphere, right?
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The way I see it,
NATURE is the most efficient way to help filter the air/soil/water and to help bring our climate back into a stable state. Yes, carbon capture technology is another means to help expedite that which will take nature a little more time to do. We still refuse to grow Industial Hemp on a massive scale to contribute to this effort. You can make paper from Hemp, you can make composite fiber board out of Hemp stalk, you can make plastics out of Hemp seed oil, you can compress Hemp seeds to extract their natural oil which can be used for more Bio-Diesel! Hemp is a great purifier of soil and a great way to reintroduce nutrients into soil for crop rotation! The waste product of Hemp crops can be used to produce more
BIO-BUTANOL!
Yes, cars will still produce Carbon Dioxide emissions, but if you are growing more organic matter on planet Earth, the organic matter: the crops, the trees, the restored forests, even projects to grow urban forests using the buildings and lining the streets, it all will help filter out the Carbon Dioxide. Bio-Diesel and Bio-Butanol both have lowered Nox and Sulfur Dioxide emissions than burning gasoline or crude oil based diesel!
What are we waiting for?!