| Wednesday, February 6, 2008 |
| Bio-crude |
 CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil.
The process uses low value waste such as forest thinnings, crop residues, waste paper and garden waste, significant amounts of which are currently dumped in landfill or burned.
As you may have read on here before, or already knew, biofuel to-date has been made of corns and grains meaning a strain on the farming community which is already hurting.
However, the Sustainable Power Corporation still wants to move ahead with using feedstock to make the biofuel and then later try other components including algae. Announced today was he declaration that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (with Haytian Tractor & Equipment Co. S.A. ("HayTrac") located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Memorandum of Understanding is designed to produce Vertroleum green bio fuels that meet all ASTM specifications, including biocrude, biogasoline, jet fuel, marine fuel and other biofuels to be used in the generation of 24 megawatts of power.
While I support the idea of moving forward and finding a way to lessen our dependence on oil, I also believe it should be done in a practical and economically friendly manner. Which means finding the best avenue for making biofuel. It doesn't seem like SPC wants to wait any longer, they want to jump right in and use the feedstock regardless of the opportunities to save the feedstock for its true purpose and use green waste. Why do I care? Because if you need to grow more corn or soybeans or whatever, then you need more fertilizer and if you need more fertilizer you will actually be leaving a bigger carbon footprint in the act of trying to make a smaller one. Fertilizers release the largest amount of greenhouse gas into our atmosphere.
But since SPC has EXCLUSIVE rights to all green energy I suppose its all under their control and who am I to disagree.
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posted by Christy @ 8:12 AM 
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