Comments on: Disadvantages of the Philippine Biofuel Program http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/disadvantages-of-the-philippine-biofuel-program/ Reflections of a Filipino in the Netherlands Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:03:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Robert J Kent Jr http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/disadvantages-of-the-philippine-biofuel-program/#comment-764 Robert J Kent Jr Sat, 02 May 2009 07:13:29 +0000 http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-764 butalidnl, I need a citation for a research paper I am doing and would love to repeat the following statement you made, "These inputs would be equivalent to almost a half of the gasoline or diesel displaced by the biofuels." Where is your source for this statement? I desperately need it. Cheers, RK butalidnl,

I need a citation for a research paper I am doing and would love to repeat the following statement you made, “These inputs would be equivalent to almost a half of the gasoline or diesel displaced by the biofuels.” Where is your source for this statement? I desperately need it.

Cheers, RK

]]> By: Bill Stevens http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/disadvantages-of-the-philippine-biofuel-program/#comment-744 Bill Stevens Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:20:10 +0000 http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-744 Oh btw, The carbon footprint would benefit because you aren't harvesting the plant just the seeds, and you typically planting these in environments where the plant life would have been substantially lower previous to the planting. Again the information you are baseing your information on sounds like the same arguments that are used against the U.S. Biodiesel program which was subsidized and implemented by petroleum companies and therefore destined to fail. They are also sabatoging (need a spellcheck) the hydrogen fuel programs. If you check the internet you can find all kinds of resourceful individuals that are able to implement solutions, but there is no way they would be allowed or have the funding to create large scale solutions. It is going to be a long and difficult road getting out from under the grip of the oil industry. It is similar to the strangle-hold the drug cartells have on some 3rd world countries, or the tabacco industry of the past. Oh btw, The carbon footprint would benefit because you aren’t harvesting the plant just the seeds, and you typically planting these in environments where the plant life would have been substantially lower previous to the planting. Again the information you are baseing your information on sounds like the same arguments that are used against the U.S. Biodiesel program which was subsidized and implemented by petroleum companies and therefore destined to fail. They are also sabatoging (need a spellcheck) the hydrogen fuel programs. If you check the internet you can find all kinds of resourceful individuals that are able to implement solutions, but there is no way they would be allowed or have the funding to create large scale solutions. It is going to be a long and difficult road getting out from under the grip of the oil industry. It is similar to the strangle-hold the drug cartells have on some 3rd world countries, or the tabacco industry of the past.

]]> By: Bill Stevens http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/disadvantages-of-the-philippine-biofuel-program/#comment-743 Bill Stevens Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:08:25 +0000 http://butalidnl.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-743 Hello, Butalidnl but I tend to disagree with your assessment of your biodiesel program. It seems to me that you are baseing alot of your assessment from information from the failing U.S. program. The U.S. is using corn and does require alot of energy to produce. I don't believe that Jatropha seed processing requires the same amount of energy to refine. I also don't believe that your costs would come anywhere near what the U.S. costs are due to the less restrictive environement in the creation of a processing plant. The U.S. is so overly restrictive that it will probably take a huge deficit before our country wakes up and embraces the push towards the future. I would consider this to be the greatest opportunity your country has had at any time. Jatropha will never push out valid food crops as almost all food crops require moisture rich soil and as is seen in the research from a professor in India the Jatropha plant actually suffers greatly in moisture rich soils. I truly wish I was able to participate in this venture. If I were you I would scoop up some dry arid land and start a jatropha farm as I believe there will be a short supply of the seeds for the new processing plant that is nearly at full production capabilities from what I have read. -Bill Hawaii, U.S.A. Hello, Butalidnl but I tend to disagree with your assessment of your biodiesel program. It seems to me that you are baseing alot of your assessment from information from the failing U.S. program. The U.S. is using corn and does require alot of energy to produce. I don’t believe that Jatropha seed processing requires the same amount of energy to refine. I also don’t believe that your costs would come anywhere near what the U.S. costs are due to the less restrictive environement in the creation of a processing plant. The U.S. is so overly restrictive that it will probably take a huge deficit before our country wakes up and embraces the push towards the future. I would consider this to be the greatest opportunity your country has had at any time. Jatropha will never push out valid food crops as almost all food crops require moisture rich soil and as is seen in the research from a professor in India the Jatropha plant actually suffers greatly in moisture rich soils. I truly wish I was able to participate in this venture. If I were you I would scoop up some dry arid land and start a jatropha farm as I believe there will be a short supply of the seeds for the new processing plant that is nearly at full production capabilities from what I have read.

-Bill
Hawaii, U.S.A.

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