Alternative energy systems: bio-diesel and ethanol?

Question

I have to start preparing my dissertation and need to find as many info as possible on Ethanol and Bio-diesel production: equipment, tools, components, chemical (organic and non ) substances used to implement the production.

Can anyone help to find this info and at the same time highlight that biofuels are not the answer to energy crisis?

thanks

Answer 1

Ethanol is a complete scam- it is more polluting than oil.

Biodiesel has its place but bear in mind that it is not an energy solution but does make for an excellent waste management solution.  Converting food waste into biodiesel is a great way to get rid of it, but the volume of fuel produced is negligible in the overall scheme of things.

Answer 2

There is no alternative energy source that can compare to oil.

The closest thing known to man that can even come close to replacing oil, is shale oil and coal. And no matter how hard you try and think up green touchy feely energy sources it ain't gonna happen. You are not comprehending the amount of oil used by the world every day, ethanol, and bio-diesel are very small irrelevant drops in the giant barrel of global energy.

Answer 3

Biofuels might be part of an answer if we were harvesting the substrate plant matter from the oceanic dead zones. We have many large areas of the oceans called dead zones because all animal life  dies there.. killed by lack of oxygen as the oxygen is all consumed by decomposing plant material.

We can harvest these dead zones, press water out of the vegetation, and use the vegetation as a substrate for bio-diesel or burn it directly in place of coal.

In your discussion of ethanol, consider cellulosic ethanol production.  Canadian wood byproducts are now being diverted to that.