Comments on: things to do for the environment http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/03/15/things-to-do-for-the-environment/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/03/15/things-to-do-for-the-environment/#comment-2360 etbe Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:15:57 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/index.php/2007/03/15/things-to-do-for-the-environment/#comment-2360 Currently we have a massive surplus of food production capacity in all first-world countries. In Australia significant agricultural resources being mis-used (EG growing rice in water-poor countries such as Australia) and wasted (EG transporting irrigation water by canal instead of pipe). http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/03/15/worse-than-fossil-fuel/ The above blog post includes some useful calculations about using waste vegetable oil for powering vehicles in the UK (not sure how the numbers compare for Australia). As for destroying forests, the solution is to produce the bio-fuels locally. Currently we have a massive surplus of food production capacity in all first-world countries. In Australia significant agricultural resources being mis-used (EG growing rice in water-poor countries such as Australia) and wasted (EG transporting irrigation water by canal instead of pipe).

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/03/15/worse-than-fossil-fuel/

The above blog post includes some useful calculations about using waste vegetable oil for powering vehicles in the UK (not sure how the numbers compare for Australia).

As for destroying forests, the solution is to produce the bio-fuels locally.

]]> By: Wilfred http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/03/15/things-to-do-for-the-environment/#comment-2340 Wilfred Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:08:21 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/index.php/2007/03/15/things-to-do-for-the-environment/#comment-2340 About no. 29. Biofuels compete with food production so I don't know if it is such a good idea. Also the destruction of rain forest for plantations which produce the stuff is also an argument against using biofuels. About no. 29. Biofuels compete with food production so I don’t know if it is such a good idea. Also the destruction of rain forest for plantations which produce the stuff is also an argument against using biofuels.

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