tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post110809800399306464..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: Like Easter Island, only with carsKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-28996869786588302532007-03-07T18:54:00.000-05:002007-03-07T18:54:00.000-05:00Your overview of Easter Island is incorrect. The i...Your overview of Easter Island is incorrect. The inhabitants were present when the Dutch first discovered the island and are still there today. <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_islandAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482010932555009861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1108148733179355302005-02-11T14:05:00.000-05:002005-02-11T14:05:00.000-05:00In general, I agree that most biodiesel is a waste...In general, I agree that most biodiesel is a waste of time and money and energy.<br /><br />There is one source that may be worth it, however. There is a tree, jatropha, whose seeds produce biodiesel fuel and whose seeds' byproducts can be used for other purposes, such as animal feed. The trees themselves do not have to be harvested, only the seeds.<br /><br />The only disadvantage to jatropha is that the energy ratio is only 1.5 (output/input). Even so, it may have a place in some countries.<br /><br />http://www.socialtext.net/brightgreen/index.cgi?jatrophaj&chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542668350800522839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1108107912883980382005-02-11T02:45:00.000-05:002005-02-11T02:45:00.000-05:00I think you are right on target here.
Even if i...I think you are right on target here. <br /><br /> Even if it were plausible that EROEI were to make it possible to pump trees into hummers, that completely ignores the fact that we need to start LOCKING UP all the free carbon in the oceans and atmosphere that we "freed" over the previous one hundred years.<br /><br />Kind of like moving a pile of dirt across the yard.JMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199754488740884930noreply@blogger.com