Michael Ruppert explains how much we rely on oil and why current “alternative energy” solutions will not work
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U know its sad but true!!!
Watch a Pre-January 8th copy of Inception. Listen closely when the actors say imagine, reality, safe, and envelope, or point pistols. You’ll hear the words, Loughner, offin’ her, part of the word Giffords, and much more. Some even say they hear, do it.
@charcol67 But remember that corn only supplies 1% of our energy needs. So you would need to eat up 100 times more corn to replace that. Then you need to look at how pesticides use oil, and monsanto has a stranglehold on that. Most seeds today won’t even reproduce. And you have to look at how much energy it takes to plant, water, harvest, convert, transport, and then you need to prove it has a EROEI that is worth it. Maybe one of those you mentioned do, i haven’t seen it.
David Pimentel’s EROEI studies on ethanol have been tainted by his association with big oil, namely Mobil Oil. The oil-powered machines that Mike mentions could be run on ethanol and the fertilizers he mentions could be substituted for organic ones. And forget corn already! There are other crops (sorghum, cattails, sugar beets- just to mention a few) that can produce more ethanol per acre than corn. Besides, the U.S. has a surplus of corn EVERY year after meeting the needs for food, fuel, etc.
@benjah123 like i said ethanol isn’t perfect. but nothing goes to wast the by product is fed to livestock. if i thought we couldn’t feed our people and get some fuel out of the same land i wouldn’t be the huge fan of ethanol that i am. that being said i realize their is a limit to corn ethanol. I hope the second generation bio fuels are better for the soil and water than corn ethanol is. moving away from oil is proving to be harder than anticipated, but it is something that should be done.
@switchgrassfuel did you connsider that the land that is used to grow the ethanol crop? that land and crop is not going to the table as food, or to feed cattle, but into your tank. where do we get the food to replace the ethanol crop? we buy it at a premium out of country. I would rather feed anyperson vs. a machine. just my opinion.
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