Comments on: Producer's Notes - Biofuels: Beyond Ethanol http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:39:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tasman (Australia) http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-65708 Tasman (Australia) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:08:10 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/#comment-65708 In the video the name a potential enzyme used in deconstruction of cellulose. I am having trouble finding it is it possible to some how get access to the chemical details regarding that enzyme. In the video the name a potential enzyme used in deconstruction of cellulose. I am having trouble finding it is it possible to some how get access to the chemical details regarding that enzyme.

]]> By: Carbon Monitor http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-63709 Carbon Monitor Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:36:49 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/#comment-63709 It wouldn't "yield as many or more emissions" if the trucks used to transport the material, and the factories used to turn the material into fuel, were also run by that same biofuel. In other words, if the you use biofuel to transport the material and to produce biofuel, as long as you are producing more than you are using, then it you are reducing net carbon output. It wouldn't "yield as many or more emissions" if the trucks used to transport the material, and the factories used to turn the material into fuel, were also run by that same biofuel. In other words, if the you use biofuel to transport the material and to produce biofuel, as long as you are producing more than you are using, then it you are reducing net carbon output.

]]> By: Richard Watterson http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-63691 Richard Watterson Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:11 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/#comment-63691 I think if you have been there and done that you are allowed to be sure of what you have accomplished. This sop to the oil company's continued domination of our energy future is a continuation of KQED's bow to the oil company sponsors in the '80s. A critical viewing of this, with quotes like "...we want to produce something that is just like the 91 octane of today", and the focus on the intricate bioengineering and genetic modifications necessary to produce this witches brew makes it easily apparent what the agenda is. They simply want to produce gasoline from biological sources and fit it seamlessly into the current system of fuel production and distribution complete with all the environmental devastation and price gouging. Be prepared for drug company style, "we own the patent and we will make you pay" to keep prices high all to "protect the environment". Blume's vision on the other hand is of an inherently democratic distributed system where ethanol is produced by local operations in harmony with production of food and without ecological harm. It does only seem fair that KQED should answer David Blume's criticism of their handling of his series. Are you embarrassed KQED. I think if you have been there and done that you are allowed to be sure of what you have accomplished. This sop to the oil company's continued domination of our energy future is a continuation of KQED's bow to the oil company sponsors in the '80s. A critical viewing of this, with quotes like "…we want to produce something that is just like the 91 octane of today", and the focus on the intricate bioengineering and genetic modifications necessary to produce this witches brew makes it easily apparent what the agenda is. They simply want to produce gasoline from biological sources and fit it seamlessly into the current system of fuel production and distribution complete with all the environmental devastation and price gouging. Be prepared for drug company style, "we own the patent and we will make you pay" to keep prices high all to "protect the environment". Blume's vision on the other hand is of an inherently democratic distributed system where ethanol is produced by local operations in harmony with production of food and without ecological harm.

It does only seem fair that KQED should answer David Blume's criticism of their handling of his series. Are you embarrassed KQED.

]]> By: Translator http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-63455 Translator Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:41:32 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/#comment-63455 I have been wondering if we humans aren't doing the earth a favor by bringing carbon back above the earth's surface. Think about it: All of that carbon was above the surface to begin with and when those ancient plants/animals died, the ecosystems lost all of that carbon. Furthermore, the earth has been in a 3 million year cooling cycle, and we could be helping to stabilize the temperature by adding our global warming. Just a thought. I have been wondering if we humans aren't doing the earth a favor by bringing carbon back above the earth's surface. Think about it: All of that carbon was above the surface to begin with and when those ancient plants/animals died, the ecosystems lost all of that carbon. Furthermore, the earth has been in a 3 million year cooling cycle, and we could be helping to stabilize the temperature by adding our global warming. Just a thought.

]]> By: Dr M http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-63189 Dr M Tue, 05 May 2009 05:45:37 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/#comment-63189 yes. Are those tapes still in your possession? Blume is a great thinker, though sometimes too sure of himself. But what happened there with CCHHEEVVRROONN is crooked. yes. Are those tapes still in your possession? Blume is a great thinker, though sometimes too sure of himself. But what happened there with CCHHEEVVRROONN is crooked.

]]> By: David Simmons http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-62088 David Simmons Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:55:22 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/04/08/producers-notes-biofuels-beyond-ethanol/#comment-62088 Hey why don't you air the 10 episodes that you already have from 1983 that David Blume did for you then and got pulled by %$#@ron?? Probably still applicable to making ethanol as a fuel then as it is today. Hey why don't you air the 10 episodes that you already have from 1983 that David Blume did for you then and got pulled by %$#@ron??
Probably still applicable to making ethanol as a fuel then as it is today.

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