Comments on: Biofuel from wood chips http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/05/biofuel-from-wood-chips/ Japan News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tmas http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/05/biofuel-from-wood-chips/comment-page-1/#comment-272984 Tmas Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:34:32 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7624#comment-272984 So for the sake a finite CO2 free fuel source, people would cause further destruction to the forest ecosystems that have been doing their job by filtering CO2 for millions of years. So for the sake a finite CO2 free fuel source, people would cause further destruction to the forest ecosystems that have been doing their job by filtering CO2 for millions of years.

]]> By: helical http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/05/biofuel-from-wood-chips/comment-page-1/#comment-272751 helical Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:26:35 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7624#comment-272751 <blockquote>Made from plants, biofuels are considered to contribute nothing to global warming since plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. Gasoline and other fossil-based fuels only add to the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere when burned. </blockquote> From the article.

Made from plants, biofuels are considered to contribute nothing to global warming since plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow. Gasoline and other fossil-based fuels only add to the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere when burned.

From the article.

]]> By: Dave Faulkmore http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/05/biofuel-from-wood-chips/comment-page-1/#comment-272749 Dave Faulkmore Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:06:05 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7624#comment-272749 Excuse my ignorance, since when is burning wood CO2 free?! This article sounds like a marketing guy going off on something mundane like clear cutting those sakura trees and spinning it into helping the environment and earning tons of money and saving the world to boot. Isn't there an editor within 100 km with a science degree? Excuse my ignorance, since when is burning wood CO2 free?! This article sounds like a marketing guy going off on something mundane like clear cutting those sakura trees and spinning it into helping the environment and earning tons of money and saving the world to boot.

Isn’t there an editor within 100 km with a science degree?

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