Spidergoats on Horizon now.
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Somewhere, in all that science, there is serious money to be made. The trick, as always, is working out which is the right horse to back ;-)
(also, the biologically grown diesel bit, the presenter said it still emits CO2 (of course it does, it's still a hydrocarbon fuel) but surely the same amount of carbon is ingested in it's production?? (from the yeast). (unlike conventional hydrocarbon fuels where the natural carbon has been removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and is now being released at too fast a rate)
(and, tbh, i was slightly disapointed that those eponymous goats didn't have slightly long legs or lots of eyes or something........)
(also, the biologically grown diesel bit, the presenter said it still emits CO2 (of course it does, it's still a hydrocarbon fuel) but surely the same amount of carbon is ingested in it's production?? (from the yeast). (unlike conventional hydrocarbon fuels where the natural carbon has been removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and is now being released at too fast a rate)
(and, tbh, i was slightly disapointed that those eponymous goats didn't have slightly long legs or lots of eyes or something........)
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 17th January 22:40
thetapeworm said:
Fearless Egbert said:
What grows on that Dam that is so tasty that they risk climbing it. Surely that grass in the foreground is easier to get to?
They go up there to lick the rocks, apparently it's all about the salt(s) that form on them.Max_Torque said:
Somewhere, in all that science, there is serious money to be made. The trick, as always, is working out which is the right horse to back ;-)
(also, the biologically grown diesel bit, the presenter said it still emits CO2 (of course it does, it's still a hydrocarbon fuel) but surely the same amount of carbon is ingested in it's production?? (from the yeast). (unlike conventional hydrocarbon fuels where the natural carbon has been removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and is now being released at too fast a rate)
The carbon in the sugar solution so has been absorbed from the atmosphere in growing cane/beat etc. So I believe that chemically the process should be carbon neutral. Which is good enough to me. I guess the big question is how we'll get enough sugar products given growing food demands. My choice would be for GM high yield crops designed to grow in harsh environments (deserts). (also, the biologically grown diesel bit, the presenter said it still emits CO2 (of course it does, it's still a hydrocarbon fuel) but surely the same amount of carbon is ingested in it's production?? (from the yeast). (unlike conventional hydrocarbon fuels where the natural carbon has been removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and is now being released at too fast a rate)
I'll confess to comparing the spider-goat to spider-pig and maybe singing a little song to myself.
Comfortably Dumb said:
Max_Torque said:
Somewhere, in all that science, there is serious money to be made. The trick, as always, is working out which is the right horse to back ;-)
(also, the biologically grown diesel bit, the presenter said it still emits CO2 (of course it does, it's still a hydrocarbon fuel) but surely the same amount of carbon is ingested in it's production?? (from the yeast). (unlike conventional hydrocarbon fuels where the natural carbon has been removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and is now being released at too fast a rate)
The carbon in the sugar solution so has been absorbed from the atmosphere in growing cane/beat etc. So I believe that chemically the process should be carbon neutral. Which is good enough to me. I guess the big question is how we'll get enough sugar products given growing food demands. My choice would be for GM high yield crops designed to grow in harsh environments (deserts). (also, the biologically grown diesel bit, the presenter said it still emits CO2 (of course it does, it's still a hydrocarbon fuel) but surely the same amount of carbon is ingested in it's production?? (from the yeast). (unlike conventional hydrocarbon fuels where the natural carbon has been removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and is now being released at too fast a rate)
, same as using ethanol for fuel, with the same issues re: growing the biomass in the first place.
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