Friday, April 18, 2008
End Bio Fuels NowUsing food as fuel is insane, as the global food crisis brutally demonstrated. There are plenty of not food alternatives, but really, when the price of oil is entirely driven by market speculation based on media hysteria and not on actual shortages this sort of thing is downright insane.
PermalinkGlobal food prices have risen because food grains are in short supply. Another strong reason given for this is the shift to biofuel, which are promoted as a green alternative to conventional fuels, like petrol and diesel.
The use of food for fuel started when the energy crisis forced the world to look for alternatives. Scientists turned to biofuel for energy solutions. The biofuel are made from food grains like corn.
But using food for fuel started the debate - Does the biofuel boom mean bust for food grains?
The European Union has said that at least five per cent of oil used in automobiles must be biofuel by 2010. But that directive is now being looked at again in the wake of global food crisis.
Most of the countries in Europe are now cutting down on generous subsidies for biofuel crops.
Vertical Farming
I first heard of vertical farming a few years ago, when I learned that they use them in the Netherlands where space is limited. The idea is, you stack one farm on top of the other like a parking garage. On one level you have animals, the waste is used to fertilize the other layers. Something like that is great because it’s self contained and efficient. The following article shows how they could be done inside cities which think is a great idea. If you want to buy local growers farmer’s market food, this is one way to do it. Not only that, it adds more green spaces to a city environment.
Of course, city space is at a premium in most cities and the land is expensive, so I don’t know how practical it is. It certainly, it’s worth a try.
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More CO$ Craziness
The founder of Xenutv had his Youtube account cancelled by CO$. Bad move. The blowback will hurt them.
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