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GoreWon2000

(985 posts)

23. Bio-diesel is not a solution

Reply to CoopersDad (Reply #22)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 06:17 PM

5 hrs ago

Bio-diesel doesn't provide enough of a reduction in CO2 emissions for what our planet is facing, it can't be grown in the amount needed to power civilization and it takes too much land away from food growing which will cause food to be in short supply and more expensive.

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Washington University: Researchers create novel electro-biodiesel more efficient, cleaner than alternatives [View all] OKIsItJustMe Sunday OP

Disel is one of the dirtiest burning fossil fuels GoreWon2000 Monday #1

Right. More immediately, diesel exhaust can cause heart attacks OKIsItJustMe Monday #2

No such thing as "clean diesel" GoreWon2000 Monday #3

Uh, this is not "clean diesel" (like "clean coal.") OKIsItJustMe Monday #4

It's all snake oil GoreWon2000 Wednesday #11

Please go back and read the OP - better yet, follow the links I provided OKIsItJustMe Wednesday #12

Curious, where are your schooling and work credentials on this issue? GoreWon2000 Wednesday #13

You have obviously mistaken me for an opponent OKIsItJustMe Wednesday #14

My engineer father's credentials are totally relevant GoreWon2000 Thursday #17

Powering transport with "Green Hydrogen" OKIsItJustMe Wednesday #15

Reading articles isn't actual expertise GoreWon2000 Thursday #16

I take it your father is recently deceased. You must miss him. I am sorry for your loss. OKIsItJustMe Thursday #18

You're NOT an engineer GoreWon2000 Thursday #19

Please understand, I do not disrespect your father's credentials. I know you are very proud of them. OKIsItJustMe Thursday #20

My engineer father was way ahead GoreWon2000 Yesterday #21

Snake oil would work too! FullySupportDems 2 hrs ago #27

The fossil fuel that currently creates most electricity will run out GoreWon2000 5 hrs ago #24

Permit me to correct you a little. Yes, there is a term "Clean Diesel" in the industry... CoopersDad Yesterday #22

Bio-diesel is not a solution GoreWon2000 5 hrs ago #23

I never said it was a solution. But it's better than fossil fuels until we can do better than we do now. CoopersDad 2 hrs ago #28

But bio diesels have much different emissions FullySupportDems 2 hrs ago #26

Wow!!!! We're saved! Of the 11300 CO2 to C2 electrochemical papers... NNadir Monday #5

No we're not OKIsItJustMe Monday #6

Look, I fully recognize that nuclear power will not... NNadir Monday #7

Six words stopped nuclear power OKIsItJustMe Monday #8

Um no. What stopped nuclear power was selective attention driven by deliberate ignorance driven by propaganda. NNadir Monday #9

I guess you don't bother to try to understand things you don't want to OKIsItJustMe Monday #10

Um...um...um..."atoms for peace" prevented, as of 2013, 65 billion tons of carbon dioxide. NNadir 3 hrs ago #25