[lbo-talk] Fwd: Biodiesel

Michael Dawson MDawson at pdx.edu
Fri Mar 25 16:47:45 PST 2005


Three problems:

1. It's not "gaining steam." It exists, and a few hippies do it. That's all.

2. Where is the analysis of technology here? All these veggie-car space cadets have no criticism of cars, which are inherently super energy-intensive. Where are we going to get the energy inputs to grow all the veggies it will take to fuel our 200 million automobiles?

3. Look at the complete lack of principle on display here! "American farmers" are all good? "Unstable foreign countries" is this French-fryer's analysis of current geopolitics? Typical NIMBY moral implosion. "I have a veggie-house, so the Arabs can pound sand."


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> Bioheat gaining steam as home-heating option
> By Jaci Conry, Globe Correspondent
> March 24, 2005
>
> SANDWICH -- Although a typical oil truck delivers to Charles
> Kleekamp's home on a typical schedule, it doesn't leave the typical
> fuel behind. Mixed in with his hydrocarbons, Kleekamp is using
> vegetable oil to stoke his furnace.
>
> That puts Kleekamp in an emerging group of New Englanders who are
> committed to using the blend, called bioheat, even though it costs
> about 10-20 cents more per gallon than regular heating fuel.
>
> ''I feel very strongly about what I'm doing. About 20 out of every
> 100 gallons of bioheat goes to American farmers and producers instead
> of unstable foreign countries," said Kleekamp. ''That's significant
> to me."
>
> --more:
>
> http://www.boston.com/yourlife/home/articles/2005/03/24/bioheat_gaining_s
> team_as_home_heating_option/
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