Biofuels are growing at an explosive pace. Nowhere more so than in Brazil, where output of sugar-cane ethanol has increased almost 10% per year since 2000. No suprise, given the high price of oil.
Markets like this one have powerful effects. We’ve all read about the threat of rising food prices, for instance, as food crops are diverted to […]
Original post by pfairley
Biofuels are growing at an explosive pace. Nowhere more so than in Brazil, where output of sugar-cane ethanol has increased almost 10% per year since 2000. No suprise, given the high price of oil.
Markets like this one have powerful effects. We’ve all read about the threat of rising food prices, for instance, as food crops are diverted to […]
Original post by pfairley
Synthetic fuels derived from coal are taking a beating these days, but when it comes to energy solutions one must be careful not to oversimplify, even in the case of coal. Case in point: what looks like an evil in the context of North America’s energy system may offer important advantages to the developing world.
In North America coal synfuels face […]
Original post by pfairley
If you’ll indulge me for a moment, I’d like to take the opportunity to step back from each individual step that we’ve been focusing on here to take a look at the broader perspective.
In 2005, Australia consumed:
Current indicators are that fossil fuel use has increased in the 18 months since this data was recorded; alternative fuel use in transport was not significant enough to appear with these statistics at the time. In terms of fuel production:
Clearly these are not the markers of a country that has embraced alternative and renewable fuels, as much of the world is doing. This is both a weakness and an opportunity for us: although we have so far given up the chance to be a world leader in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, we have been able to observe a very rapidly maturing field of fossil fuel replacements and make a sensible decision about which is best for the Australian environment. If you’re interested in knowing who the primary contenders are, read on.
Original post by Nathan
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