Because Encouraging Efficiency Is Too Hard 3

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   LJRphoto Posted 3:30 am
   27 Jun 2007

   I don't get it.I don't understand the raging against controlled burns. Forest fires are a part of nature's renewal process. If people are going to build their homes in the danger zone then steps need to be taken to prevent those houses being burned down sending noxious fumes into the environment. If you've ever seen a forest even just a couple of weeks after a fire you know what a rebirth it is for the forest floor.

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   epoelzing Posted 7:38 am
   27 Jun 2007

   cellulosic fuelI am having difficulties understanding why we would be pursuing "crops that give themselves more freely to becoming fuel" and spending a lot of money toward this sort of research. From where I stand, to sustain the fuel cunsumption of this country, we would need VAST ADDITIONAL tracts of land. The problem with very large, homogenous vegetation tracts is that they are VERY susceptible to bligths and require extreme pesticide to protect them. ex: potatoe crops in Idao. Furthermore, to develop these new VAST tracks of land, will mean that we will have to continue deforestation or to water desert areas to that effect. Additionally, this will be a very finite source of power. And finally, will we not be generating plenty of carbon dioxide in the transformation and use of that source of fuel? Whichever way one slices it, I just don't see how cellulosic fuel can begin to meaninfully replace, supplement or complement our fuel needs. So why are we pouring millions of dollars in that kind of research? Why not put the money in solar power or other plentiful sources that could be harness to make fuel and in educating the public to use fuel much more discriminately.

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   ethanol Posted 4:56 pm
   05 Jul 2007

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