> growing food crops for fuel is energy net positive, and otherwise a good idea.
According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_energy_balance), growing sugarcane for ethanol is 8x net energy positive.
Said biodiesel nut never once mentioned sugar cane, soybeans was the frequently suggested crop, your article is talking about ethanol and not biodiesel, and that wasn’t the point anyway.
Re:Why I find IOTA alarming
by logfromblammo on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:07PM
(#16258777)
This biodiesel nut never said "algae", "duckweed", or "synergy with aquaculture"?
Your nut isn't much of a nut.
That’s probably why he lost all of his money in that venture: just not quite nutty enough. No one’s going to jump on board for something as boring as soybeans.
OTOH, snarky or not, you bring up an interesting thought: there are probably millions of people that know (as in practical knowledge) how soybeans are grown, hence enabling millions to call “bullshit”. Had said nutter said “algae”, I would have to have taken his word until I could research further.
There’s your tip-off for a scam: don’t ask questions, and be encouraging to each other, because it’s us against a skeptical world. Cults, penny stocks, Amway, and now crypto currency scams apparently: I’ve observed similar patterns in all. Not that we shouldn’t support each other in our mutual endeavors, but if that’s the only thing with any substance that you hear and money is on the line, run away.
Tip-off #2: “You don’t know what you’re talking about.” “Enlighten me.” <crickets>
Learned that one from a biodiesel nut, a suburban boy with clean fingernails trying to convince this ex-mechanic who grew up on a farm that growing food crops for fuel is energy net positive, and otherwise a good idea. Not that his heavy financial investment in a local biodiesel company would color his opinion at all.