Comments on: Tobacco for Food and BioFuel http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/ Building relationships between people and with nature. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: PermaKent Permaculture Ideas of J. Kent Hastings » Blog Archive » THIS May Lower The Conviction Rate http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-3028 PermaKent Permaculture Ideas of J. Kent Hastings » Blog Archive » THIS May Lower The Conviction Rate Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:05:13 +0000 http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-3028 [...] There are advocates of hemp for biofuel, just as there are for tobacco. [...] […] There are advocates of hemp for biofuel, just as there are for tobacco. […]

]]> By: grahams http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-263 grahams Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:24:25 +0000 http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-263 Dear PermaKent, For the record . . . If tobacco is good enough to burn for fuel, It's still good enough to smoke --- sure, I'll grow my own!!! Yours truly, grahams Dear PermaKent,

For the record . . .

If tobacco is good enough to burn for fuel, It’s still good enough to smoke — sure, I’ll grow my own!!!

Yours truly,

grahams

]]> By: PermaKent http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-209 PermaKent Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:03:35 +0000 http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-209 My impulse is to have everyone on their own acre growing their own food, fuel, pharmaceuticals, building materials, and clothing. This would obviate most travel as homesteaders could subsist like the <a href="http://pathtofreedom.com" rel="nofollow">Dervaes family</a> rather than commuting and consuming products shipped from distant locations. For those who insist on living in cities, plug-in hybrids (using 70 cent/gallon equivalent recharge from clean power) covering most daily 50-mile travel and biodiesel for the rare longer distance trip would be the biggest step to solving the energy crisis. I'm not a fan of mass transit unless you like crime, delays and tuberculosis outbreaks. <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm" rel="nofollow">William McDonough</a>, the <i>Cradle To Cradle</i> co-author, claims that renewables restricted to biology (bamboo, tobacco, cork, cotton, etc.) would only support a population of 500 million on Earth. Non-biological chemical renewables, selected based on health, safety and environmental criteria, will support everyone sustainably. My impulse is to have everyone on their own acre growing their own food, fuel, pharmaceuticals, building materials, and clothing. This would obviate most travel as homesteaders could subsist like the Dervaes family rather than commuting and consuming products shipped from distant locations.

For those who insist on living in cities, plug-in hybrids (using 70 cent/gallon equivalent recharge from clean power) covering most daily 50-mile travel and biodiesel for the rare longer distance trip would be the biggest step to solving the energy crisis. I’m not a fan of mass transit unless you like crime, delays and tuberculosis outbreaks.

William McDonough, the Cradle To Cradle co-author, claims that renewables restricted to biology (bamboo, tobacco, cork, cotton, etc.) would only support a population of 500 million on Earth. Non-biological chemical renewables, selected based on health, safety and environmental criteria, will support everyone sustainably.

]]> By: Robinson http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-208 Robinson Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:44:55 +0000 http://permakent.com/2008/07/28/tobacco-for-food-and-biofuel/#comment-208 Tobacco might very well be a better alternative to corn based ethanol, but the real problem is our usage. We use too much of everything. Bamboo flooring was the answer to sustainable flooring until the demand for it rose to the point that farmers were clearing forest in order to plant enough bamboo to meet the demand. We have to use less no matter what the resource is. Tobacco might very well be a better alternative to corn based ethanol, but the real problem is our usage. We use too much of everything. Bamboo flooring was the answer to sustainable flooring until the demand for it rose to the point that farmers were clearing forest in order to plant enough bamboo to meet the demand. We have to use less no matter what the resource is.

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