Biofuels: What do the experts think?

[Gunny]

By Matthew Knight

LONDON, England (CNN) -- It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.

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[Chris]

Turning Algae Into Gasoline

 

[Gunny]

Turning Algae Into Gasoline

Yeah, you said that before.

 

[Chris]

All these things will happen very quickly because the demand for oil is growing.

For $10,000 you can buy a machine that will produce enthanol in your own backyard for $1 a gallon. It can produce 35 gallons a week by combining sugar, yeast, and water.

GM is building a $300 million dollar plant to produce oil from garbage.

The human race has infinite ingenuity, and we will solve this problem.

 

[Gunny]

All these things will happen very quickly because the demand for oil is growing.

For $10,000 you can buy a machine that will produce enthanol in your own backyard for $1 a gallon. It can produce 35 gallons a week by combining sugar, yeast, and water.

GM is building a $300 million dollar plant to produce oil from garbage.

The human race has infinite ingenuity, and we will solve this problem.

Ethanol is a wash. It creates too much pollution.

If the human race has infinite ingenuity, how come it can't do something simple like find someone with a brain to run for President of the US?

 

[SpidermanTuba]

All these things will happen very quickly because the demand for oil is growing.

For $10,000 you can buy a machine that will produce enthanol in your own backyard for $1 a gallon. It can produce 35 gallons a week by combining sugar, yeast, and water.

GM is building a $300 million dollar plant to produce oil from garbage.

The human race has infinite ingenuity, and we will solve this problem.

I have a friend who runs on biodiesel. He collects the oil from restaurants, and refined it with a really simply process. It costs him 50 cents a gallon, so he's saving about 90% on fuel.

 

[Chris]

Don't tell GunnyL.

He thinks it can't be done.

Remember the last four letters of American are ICAN.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

I have a friend who runs on biodiesel. He collects the oil from restaurants, and refined it with a really simply process. It costs him 50 cents a gallon, so he's saving about 90% on fuel.

Imagine how embarrassing it would be to have to take your car into the shop because the injectors got clogged with little bits of fried chicken.

 

[Mr. H.]

Australia's Qantas makes first commercial biofuel flight - Yahoo! News

Australia's Qantas Friday launched the nation's first commercial flight using a mixture of refined cooking oil, saying it would not survive if it relied solely on traditional jet fuel.

"We need to get ready for a future that is not based on traditional jet fuel or frankly we don't have a future," Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said.

 

[manifold]

All these things will happen very quickly because the demand for oil is growing.

For $10,000 you can buy a machine that will produce enthanol in your own backyard for $1 a gallon. It can produce 35 gallons a week by combining sugar, yeast, and water.

GM is building a $300 million dollar plant to produce oil from garbage.

The human race has infinite ingenuity, and we will solve this problem.

Ethanol is a wash. It creates too much pollution.

If the human race has infinite ingenuity, how come it can't do something simple like find someone with a brain to run for President of the US?

Nobody with a brain wants the job.