[Anyone] biofuel article by Frei Betto

[Thos Myers]

I like this as a better solution: vivoleum!
"Beyond petroleum with Vivoleum

In a speech at Canada's largest oil conference in Calgary last week, Andy
Bichlbaum of the Yes Men, a political prankster group, posed as a
representative of the U.S. National Petroleum Council. He told several
hundred oilmen that, to address worldwide energy needs, "we need something
like whales, but infinitely more abundant." Into the breach comes
Vivoleum--a fuel made by "transforming the billions of people who die into
oil," according to a blog item by a Reuters environmental reporter.
Bichlbaum and a companion were thrown out after handing out Vivoleum
memorial candles purportedly made from the remains of an Exxon-Mobil
worker who had died following the clean-up of a toxic waste spill. (The
candles were actually made of paraffin, beeswax and human hair.).

Vivoleum has potential. It is not exactly a renewable resource, but,
unlike petroleum, it is an expanding one, given the aging of the world's
population. One drawback: Vivoleum emissions might not meet the goal of
achieving a substantive decline in atmospheric carbon releases by 2050. "

At last a real use for fat and obese Americans - returning their waste to
a productive use.  I wonder how many 300 pounders (not to be confused with
the McPoisons 1/4 pounder) it would take to fuel a Hummer for ten miles?





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Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Erich Kuerschner wrote:

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> Necrofuels
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> Wednesday, 25 July 2007
> By Frei Betto                                                                            Read
> Spanish Vewrsion
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> Taken from Cubadebate (July 19, 2007)
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> http://tinyurl.com/26ervm
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> >From Lee Einer:
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> High corn prices are due to extravagant taxpayer subsidies. ADM could
> dump their corn in the ocean and still make money off U.S. farm
> subsidies. Ethanol is just the latest excuse to jack corn prices even
> higher.
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> Likewise, the choice of corn and soy oil as the fuels of the future is
> due to the fact that ADM grows corn and soy and they purchase senators
> wholesale.
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> The promising plant-based fuel comes from algae. It grows rapidly, in
> polluted waters, and can yield more than 50% oil by weight, while
> cleaning those same polluted waters. Algae oil can be cracked into
> clean-burning biodiesel, and used to run fuel-efficient vehicles that
> get over 80 MPG. Algae biodiesel can also be used to run the engines for
> commuter light rail travel.
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> But that would make neither Exxon nor ADM rich.
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