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Re:Why I find IOTA alarming by cesarb on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:43AM (#16258089)
> 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.

Re:Why I find IOTA alarming by mikestew on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:48AM (#16258129)
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.

Re:Why I find IOTA alarming by mikestew on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:24PM (#16259460)
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.