Water corn and alternative fuels
I’ve been going on about water, quite a bit. I make no apologies for it. If I could just quote from Dr Strangeglove (or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb) Ripper: Water. That’s what...
View ArticleWe’d like to use an eighth of your avilable water… will that be OK?
We’d like use an eighth of your available water… will that be OK? I’m sure that is not quite how Pacific Ethanol put it to the city of Burley, Idaho, and it won’t be a problem, according to a report on...
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Water Implications of biofuels production
The US National Academy of Sciences has produced a study Water Implications of biofuels production. The key points are: Water is an increasingly precious resource used for many purposes including...
View ArticleEthanol puts pressure on Minasota’s water reserves
Ethanol puts enough pressure on Minnesota’s water reserves for the state to ask the Environmental Quality Board to look at the demands that planned ethanol plants could put on water in the state,...
View ArticleOgallala Aquifer still emptying
The Ogallala Aquifer is still emptying, according to a piece in Red Orbit, which is long, thorough and cites a number of different sources. What is it and why am I bothered? If you’ve been paying...
View ArticleMore on the High Planes/Ogallala aquifer
Here’s more on the High Planes/Ogallala aquifer from Paradeep, one of the regular contributors to the blog.
View ArticleWill water be the limiting factor in biofuel production?
I have blogged in the past about the relationship between water and biofuels. There can’t be conventional grain-based biofuels without water. But there was an interesting post on EurActive a little...
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PetroSun pays catfish farmers in Mississippi to convert ponds to algae
uploaded from pacres on flickr. PetroSun is paying catfish farmers in Mississippi to convert their ponds to algae production. Here’s the deal, according to Terri Chiang, an authorized agent for...
View ArticleThe right cellulosic biofuels might help protect the environment
Biofuels from cellulosic feedstock could help to protect the environment by reducing the amount of nitrogen that runs off into rivers and by providing coverage that helps protect the land against wind...
View Article1200 gals water make 1 gal ethanol
Corrected headline reads 1200 gal water Wholly irrigated corn can take up to 1200 gal of water to produce 1gal ethanol, according to a report on the MinPost today. That’s a lot of water and touches...
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