"Nikola Jankovic" (nikolajan)
04/21/2014 at 15:22 • Filed to: None
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"Nikola Jankovic" (nikolajan)
04/21/2014 at 15:22 • Filed to: None | 2
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Just finished reading an article (linked below) that discusses the future of corn ethanol's use as a viable source of fuel. It paints quite a grim picture:
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released two of its Working Group reports at the end of last month ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ), and their short discussion of biofuels has ignited a fierce debate as to whether they're of any environmental benefit at all... [stating] "Biofuels have direct, fuelcycle GHG emissions that are typically 30–90% lower than those for gasoline or diesel fuels. However... indirect emissions...can lead to greater total emissions than when using petroleum products..."
If the above explanation wasn't clear enough, it essentially argues that the environmental advantages offered by corn ethanol are lost when you factor in the cost of attaining the fuel.
In light of the report and the traction its gaining in the media (both the original report and the above article appeared on the front page of reddit), what impact might it have on FlexFuel? And if it does affect the prevalence of FlexFuel, would that not in turn affect the funding available to Koenigsegg? According to the recent "How an engineering student talks his way into meeting Koenigsegg himself" article, he owns the patent for FlexFuel and derives a large portion of the funding for the company from it.
Anyways, it was just a thought that came to mind; thought it might be an interesting concept to discuss.
BigRed03
> Nikola Jankovic
04/21/2014 at 15:38 |
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Didn't this statement deal mostly with Corn based ethanol?
There are other cellulose/plant based sources for ethanol that have greater yields than corn, but corn farming is subsidized by the Fed here in the US. And the "war on drugs" would prevent the growth of, far and away, one of the best plants to produce ethanol from.
Yada Yada Yada ethanol just boosts "poor" gas' octane rating yada yada conspiracy