David Blume talks to his readers

[kdegru]

From first discovering Blume on Coast To Coast AM and the concept of Alcohol as a fuel I was very excited. I felt as an electronics engineer I am well suited to process control and I can do this and I cannot see any downside to this fuel for the ICE. I was completely blown away by the almost perfect ecological balance of the Cat Tails filtering effluent for a sewage treatment plant and having those Cat Tails yield incredible abounts of Alcohol.

[lightsabre6]

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THIS IS THE ANSWER WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! :-)

get involved, build a small still and be individually energy independent, then from a position of knowledge and strength DEMAND your economy switch from oil to alcohol - seriously

[abatol]

How much time does it take a person with a still

starting from scratch ie; a bunch of dry corn . does it take to make a gallon of fuel ? If you dont know dont answer and if you do know dont answer with a question . You fill in any hypothetical specs you need to answer the question . Thank you very much

[Weaseldog2001]

With a budget of $300k for a book, can I assume you're financed by the ethanol lobby?

[Weaseldog2001]

I believe that we'll continue to use government subsidies to produce alcohol from petroleum based farming.

And doing so, we'll be trading food for fuel.

It seemed obvious to me in the 1990s, that increased ethanol production would drive up the price of food. And now we're seeing it happen.

The ethanol revolution will continue, because there is big money behind it. But the price will be paid in famine.

[PeakOilBoy]

You have bought hook, line, and sinker into propaganda, my Food Vs Fuel believing friend.

Buy Dave's book and get your eyes opened to the truth behind the lies you believe about Ethanol / Alcohol.

[Weaseldog2001]

Time will tell.

The line I bought was a college science education, and my own work in adding up BTUs.

It won't bother me if I am wrong.

[Weaseldog2001]

Just paying the bills with fuel and food costs rising, doesn't leave enough cash to buy such expensive books.

[PeakOilBoy]

Well, then just know that you are wrong, however you seem intelligent enough to leave your mind open. All the BTU science you need is included in the book, and if you can't afford one, you can always ask your local library to order a copy.

[Weaseldog2001]

Thank you.

It is good to know that I am ignorant.

[Weaseldog2001]

Does the US produce more BTUs in ethanol than Saudi Arabia produces in oil, or more?

[wtrclrst]

If corn is grown using permaculture practices, as Mr. Blume suggests, no petrolieum products will be used. Only 1% of corn grown in the US goes to human consumption. The reason the price of corn has risen is the petrolium industry has raised the the price of fertelizer.

[Weaseldog2001]

Worldwide, demand for natural gas has exceeded supply.

North America is on the verge of having natural gas supplies run down.

Why is this important? Natural Gas is used to make a wide array of chemicals including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.

To grow corn for profit, farmers are abandoning food crops. This is why wheat prices are rising. Corn needs good land and high fertilizer inputs. It is a lousy permaculture crop.

[wtrclrst]

Dried distillers Grain makes excellent fertilizer, also repels most pests...no need for chemicals

[Weaseldog2001]

1. This stuff isn't made in sufficient quantities to replace conventional fertilizers. This is like using sofa pickings to pay the mortgage.

2. A lot of natural gas is burned to ferment and distill grain products.

When natural gas prices start going through the roof, your favorite distilled spirits will rise in price. Beer an liquor will increase in price and availability will go down. Breweries will go bankrupt.

I expect we'll start burning down our forests at some point. England came close.

[wtrclrst]

You need to get out of the old box. We're talking permaculture here. The more ethanol made the DDS available. Some farmer coops are using it now to feed their cattle and fertilize their crops. They also use the methane from cattle to fire their stills.

The ale I drink is from Sierra Nevada Brewery. They power their plant with solar .

[Weaseldog2001]

How many millions of tons of this stuff is going unsold andwasted?

From what I understand, all of it that is produced is sold. How do you expect supply to replace the nitrogen provided by synthetic fertilizers?

The corn ethanol is made using natural gas based fertilizers. The DDS produced is in lower quantities. We are farming more corn, by farming less wheat and other crops.

Corn is not being grown sustainably. We're using the old box to create an illusion that ethanol is sustainable.

[Weaseldog2001]

I just checked the site on the Sierra Nevada Brewery. They don't use solar. They use natural gas and fuel cells for on-site electrical generation.

[wtrclrst]

By June 34% of their power will be from solar.They just completed phase 1 last December. They also use methane gas from recycled brewery waste for (bio gas on their site...you must have missed that)

If you google Sierra nevada Brewery, there are several sites that report on their solar project.

[Weaseldog2001]

No I didn't miss that. They were not specific about how much gas they capture. Perhaps you can site how many BTUs they get from captured gas and how many BTUs they get from natural gas.

That's cool about the solar panels. I'm hoping that one day, those will actually produce significantly more power than is required to make them.

[GreenMindMarketing]

How to make Alcohol at home... woo hoo!