http://www.climatemovement.org.au/2008/12/smart-energy-expo-a-success/ Connecting communities active on climate change Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.climatemovement.org.au/2008/12/smart-energy-expo-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-6988 Nigel |Thomas Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:12:46 +0000 http://www.climatemovement.org.au/?p=1223#comment-6988 Almost totally in agreement except that I wish people would cease pushing alcohol as an alternative fuel. I used to be in favour myself until it was pointed out to me (1) that alcohol production consumed arable land and therefore reduced our food availability and (2) the fermentation process itself releases CO2. I believe that we should stick strictly to renewable resouces that do not have side-effects. This basically means solar, whether we then use it to produce timber, hydrogen, elecrticity or whatever else. Comments? Regards, Nigel Almost totally in agreement except that I wish people would cease pushing alcohol as an alternative fuel.
I used to be in favour myself until it was pointed out to me
(1) that alcohol production consumed arable land and therefore reduced our food availability and
(2) the fermentation process itself releases CO2.
I believe that we should stick strictly to renewable resouces that do not have side-effects. This basically means solar, whether we then use it to produce timber, hydrogen, elecrticity or whatever else.
Comments? Regards, Nigel

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