Comments on: Bioengineering cells for more efficient biofuel production http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: francis short jr http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod/comment-page-1#comment-102417 francis short jr Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:07:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181195#comment-102417 Needs to be cheaper then 3.60 per gallon to be competitive not 40 or 50 Needs to be cheaper then 3.60 per gallon to be competitive not 40 or 50

]]> By: SmartAndSober http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod/comment-page-1#comment-100538 SmartAndSober Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:16:10 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181195#comment-100538 If femtotechnology becomes successful, we can store several human beings (and the Virtual Reality for sanity-maintaining of human minds) in a computer the size of a sand grain and run on very little energy. Mass-Uploading for all humanity (at least a large number of them) is a good option. If femtotechnology becomes successful, we can store several human beings (and the Virtual Reality for sanity-maintaining of human minds) in a computer the size of a sand grain and run on very little energy.
Mass-Uploading for all humanity (at least a large number of them) is a good option.

]]> By: tim the realist http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod/comment-page-1#comment-100478 tim the realist Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:43:15 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181195#comment-100478 Too many special interests would lose their subsidies and tax benefits and militaries might need fewer weapons if any biofuel is successfull. This is why hemp biofuel production will remain illegal, even though it is a viable carbon neutral solution. I can only dream of a future time when the world is no longer dependent on the middle east for oil. Too many special interests would lose their subsidies and tax benefits and militaries might need fewer weapons if any biofuel is successfull. This is why hemp biofuel production will remain illegal, even though it is a viable carbon neutral solution.

I can only dream of a future time when the world is no longer dependent on the middle east for oil.

]]> By: alliwant http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod/comment-page-1#comment-100471 alliwant Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181195#comment-100471 If burning it produces CO2, it's a waste of time. Hydrogen is probably the only thing we can burn in significant quantities without cooking the biosphere. If burning it produces CO2, it’s a waste of time. Hydrogen is probably the only thing we can burn in significant quantities without cooking the biosphere.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod/comment-page-1#comment-100423 Bri Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:53 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181195#comment-100423 I personally favor algea that can secrete fuel stocks that are very close to the ones that we get from crude oil. Yeast doesn't require sunlight so it's processing doesn't have to be dependent on the flat two dimensional plane that crops or algea are dependent on, in relation to available sunlight. In the long run I'm more for solar because it is very plentiful in space and could be transmitted to earth in a variety of ways. This frees up available land for things like" the natural world" so that it's not just human activities taking up every square inch of space on this planet. We will also need as much space as possible for future populations, which is still growing at an alarming rate. Hey just wait till robots are sentient and have human rights. What's to stop them from exacerbating population growth trends. What? Robots can't have offspring too? I personally favor algea that can secrete fuel stocks that are very close to the ones that we get from crude oil. Yeast doesn’t require sunlight so it’s processing doesn’t have to be dependent on the flat two dimensional plane that crops or algea are dependent on, in relation to available sunlight. In the long run I’m more for solar because it is very plentiful in space and could be transmitted to earth in a variety of ways. This frees up available land for things like” the natural world” so that it’s not just human activities taking up every square inch of space on this planet. We will also need as much space as possible for future populations, which is still growing at an alarming rate. Hey just wait till robots are sentient and have human rights. What’s to stop them from exacerbating population growth trends. What? Robots can’t have offspring too?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.kurzweilai.net/bioengineering-cells-for-more-efficient-biofuel-prod/comment-page-1#comment-100395 Aaron Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:52:12 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181195#comment-100395 We should simply use industrial hemp as our potential biofuel source. If hemp can become a huge enough industry, prices can lower to 15-20 cents per gallon. Ethanol and methanol can be produced from this extremely versatile and useful plant and it isn't detrimental to the soil/environment. It can be grown in extreme quantities (i.e. weed ;)) and can utterly replace the oil industry if given the chance. Many have claimed that creating biofuels is "uneconomical," claiming that it takes more energy to create biofuels than one receives from the created fuel. However, such issues have been resolved for the most part with Adrian Clarke's "green processing" machine which can be expaned and improved upon through further research. More information can be found at this website: http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/politics/time-for-australia-to-embrace-industrial-hemp/ We should simply use industrial hemp as our potential biofuel source. If hemp can become a huge enough industry, prices can lower to 15-20 cents per gallon. Ethanol and methanol can be produced from this extremely versatile and useful plant and it isn’t detrimental to the soil/environment. It can be grown in extreme quantities (i.e. weed ;)) and can utterly replace the oil industry if given the chance. Many have claimed that creating biofuels is “uneconomical,” claiming that it takes more energy to create biofuels than one receives from the created fuel. However, such issues have been resolved for the most part with Adrian Clarke’s “green processing” machine which can be expaned and improved upon through further research. More information can be found at this website: http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/politics/time-for-australia-to-embrace-industrial-hemp/

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