The Myths of Biofuels - Trailer/Teaser

Trailer for upcoming (Aug/Sept 2007) video of a presentation by David Fridley on June 7, 2007, at the meeting of Santa Clara Valley Post Carbon - regarding Biofuels

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• peak
• oil
• peakoil
• resource
• depletion
• biodiesel
• ethanol
• biofuels
• sustainability
• sustainable
• ecology
• environment

[DearBrutus]

I love how the "expert" in this has no name or credentials! Who is he? Why are his sources of info not listed? If he did some actual accredited research, he might begin to make sense. Don't be fooled by, conservation, technology and agriculture can change our dependence on petroleum!!!

[dbrumm]

The scientist who did the presentation is David Fridley of Lawrence Berkeley Labs, also a member of San Francisco Oil Awareness. This is a teaser. The full video will be out soon enough, so save your faith in the human species' ability to adapt until then. Thanks. Also one might look carefully at how much ethanol Brazil makes (less than the US) and the environmental impacts there.

[greyflcn]

Huh, I'm not really aware of the environmental impacts of sugar cane. Asside from perhaps soil degradation, or fertilizer from burnt tress.

There is however the land area use.

greyfalcon. net/ sugarsolar

And then there's the social aspect.

alternet. org/ environment/49138

[dbrumm]

Although the rain forest isn't being cleared for sugarcane for ethanol, they are displacing other crops in Brazil, and those farmers move to guess where ....the rain forest to clear land for their other food crops.

Essentially there are environmental impacts from all human activities; these are exacerbated in a world in which population is in overshoot.

[dbrumm]

Sorry You tube's compression makes the sound "tinny"

If that is very bothersome, it is also at the internet archive.

[Txfiremedc103]

Agreed! We need more fuel at a cheaper price!

Drill here! Drill now!

[coldsteel2005]

That was the stupidest video on YouTube and anyone who happens to see it becomes more stupid just for the watching of this vid. As a YouTube veiwer, you get more out of watching "fart" videos then to have seen this video.

[magicbologna]

nice production value..... NOT....fuck i cant even hear it and i WANT to...

[1hackerwannabe]

POTATO HEAD!

[soolkyut]

this video sucks. turn off the music... or at least down to a background level.

[youdumbyyou]

Food is for the hungry.

[mikean72]

look I dont know what you are thinking but we the people of the world are not all switched off you had better watch your greed because if you align yourself with money you could be killed i hope that all the assasins of the world wake up and start taking out the opec heads of state and everyone who takes their place. I faught the wrong enemy in OIF

[Nichen]

BURN IN HELL you fuckin oilcompany-liars

[utkonos313]

The alternative to biofuels is keep using oil. This guy used to work for the multinational oil corporation Caltex.

[tompaah7503]

Second that. It's an important message this video is trying to carry out but it's very hard to hear what mr Fridley is saying when that bass-intensive techno music is playing all over his tin-canned voice. The internet archive version wasn't much better, sorry, watched that too.

[greyflcn]

By the way, did I hear a clip with him saying "We have big problems with Algae"

Since I haven't really heard much on the downsides of it.

[greyflcn]

"Then fungibility kicks us in the ass", huh.

greyfalcon. net/ dilbert2.png

greyfalcon. net/ soy2

[greyflcn]

It's not energy pay back of 8 to 1.

It's merely 8x better than Corn.

Which isn't even a 2 to 1 payback.

Besides which, Brazil uses almost entirely Oil as their transport fuel.

greyfalcon. net/ brazil

greyfalcon. net/ brazil2

[stevandrews]

What a idiot. While corn ethanol is a joke, brazil has demonstrated that biofuels are feasible, getting 8 to 1 part energy back.

[doublefly]

Love that soundtrack!

[greyflcn]

Good to see that Fridley's work is getting out there.