[TheForge] OT biodiesel

[Todd Rich]

On Wed, 25 May 2005, David E. Smucker wrote:
(snip)
> As to the large oil / energy folks not going the way of biodiesel than is 
> kind of par for new stuff.  The wrought iron folks didn't think Bessemer had 
> anything with this mild steel stuff, nor did the US steel companies think 
> that BOF was the way to make steel after WWII.  (lots of other examples out 
> there too.)
>
> While he was still on here, I think Dave Brown was working on a biodiesel 
> fired forge.  Hope Dave is doing OK.
>
> Dave Smucker

The problem is there isn't enough biomass available to make enough 
biodiesel to supply our current energy needs.  If you took all the biomass 
in California and converted it with 100% efficientcy, you could supply the 
energy needs of the US for 6 weeks.

However, now that the Greens are starting to realize there are new 
inherently safe reactor designs, there is a chance to build enough of them 
to move over to a hydrogen economy.
 			Todd