Roger et. al.<br><br>If I have my facts straight, I think the Spangle biofuel plant that just went under before even getting going was the one that was once going to go near the Port of <br>Wilma... But don't quote me on this! The article in the Spokesman Review said the main investor behind the Spangle biofuel plant had given up on a biofuel plant in our area.
<br><br>There is a big biofuel plant that is supposed to be built in Southern Idaho by Iogen of Canada, using straw in a cellulosic biofuel process. We shall see if this happens.<br><br>Biofuels have promise, but I think there is a lot of naive optimism in the hopes they can practically and economically, without serious impacts of agriculture or the environment, sustainably replace a majority of the fossil fuels that power our cars and trucks nation wide.
<br><br>When I see this happen I will believe it.
<br><br>Ted<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">lfalen</b> <<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lfalen@turbonet.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ted<br><br>Is this the plant that was originally to be built at the Port of Wilma. I hope it will be built some were. There is a smal plant in the works at Genesee. He plans to make bildesial from usned vegetable oil. Brocke and Sons are also working on a product made from rape. There should be more of these as time goes on.
<br>Roger<br>-----Original message-----<br>From: "Ted Moffett" <a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">starbliss@gmail.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:08:27 -0800
<br>To: Vision2020 <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: [Vision2020] Can Algae Fill Our Gas Tanks & Can Coal Energy KeepCO2 Stored?<br><br>> All-<br>><br>> I was disappointed to learn that the biofuel plant planned for Spangle,
<br>> Washington has gone under:<br>><br>> <a href="http://spokesmanreview.com/business/story.asp?ID=166758" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://spokesmanreview.com/business/story.asp?ID=166758
</a><br>><br>> However, in a recent discussion of solutions to global warming and fossil
<br>> fuel depletion, someone mentioned biofuel from algae. I first thought...<br>> Yeah, sure! But apparently this is not a joke:<br>><br>> Read about it here:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/2364.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.energybulletin.net/2364.html</a><br>><br>> And while I'm at it, there are promising developments with CO2 sequestration<br>> from coal energy plants:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.discover.com/issues/dec-06/features/clean-coal-technology/?page=3" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.discover.com/issues/dec-06/features/clean-coal-technology/?page=3</a><br>><br>> Though global warming and fossil fuel depletion are massive daunting<br>> problems that threaten the next generation, there are solutions, and the
<br>> quicker they are adopted, the better.<br>><br>> Ted Moffett<br>><br>><br></blockquote></div><br>