Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:43:25 -0600 From: Steve <nonospam.thanks> Subject: Re: Shell's 100-RON fuel - what actually is it?
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > "Steve" <nonospam.thanks> wrote in message > news:fuKdnf8er6d2GTTenZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2dnospams.net... > >>Pooh Bear wrote: >> >> >>>EatMe wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>With all due respect I would like to know where the fertilizer comes >>> >>>>from that grows the corn? Isn't it a petrochemical based product? >>> >>> >>>Are you suggesting that *fertiliser* is what the plant actually consumes >>>to grow ? >>>I suggest you learn something about how plants grow. They existed before >>>fertiliser you know ! >> >>Getting crop yields anywhere NEAR high enough to feed the world >>population with existing cropland (let alone have leftovers for >>biofuels!) ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES artificial fertilization, whether by >>petroleum-derived fertilizers or mined deposits of nitrates (eg bat >>guano). Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. > > > This is only true if your talking the kinds of foods that people are used > to eating (ie: wheat for example) And if your including all the food that > needs to be grown to feed cattle to produce beef. No, I'm just talking about basic mass for proper nutrition. Nevermind the form.
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