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Welcome
to Arizona Bio Fuels Research. Our company was founded for the purpose
of Research and Development of alternative fuels. By Alternative Fuels
- we are referring to fuels that are derived from a source that is
renewable and sustainable for the near and distant future.Too long have we (the human race) abused our environment. We have burned fossil fuels on an enormous level and brought our planet's ecosystem to a near catastrophic level. I am speaking about Carbon Dioxide, and Global Warming. We need to power our cars and trucks using something other than "fossil fuels (Gasoline and diesel). While I like to think of myself as an "Environmentalist" I am actually a realist. I know that global warming is not just caused by carbon dioxide that has been released into the atmosphere. It is being accelerated by the sheer amount of Carbon Dioxide. We have been burning fossil fuels in our energy plants and motor vehicles. This engine/plant exhaust is releasing carbon dioxide that has been stored in the ground for millions of years. When the Dinosaurs Roamed the earth there was a tropical jungle that spanned a majority of the entire planet. The planet was comprised of roughly the same land mass - but had five to nine times the tropical jungle area of our current eco-system. By burning fossil motor fuels we have been releasing vast amounts of "old century bygone" Carbon Dioxide. Don't think this is relevant? Read On!! The tropical jungles and forests of the world are essentially the lungs of our planet. The plants take in carbon dioxide and utilize the individual molecules in a process known as photosynthesis to stimulate and promote plant growth. In photosynthesis, the plants extract the carbon from the carbon dioxide, and release the un-used oxygen molecules. As a result, the by product of plant growth is oxygen. In contrast - The by product of animal and human respiration is carbon dioxide. Therefore they go hand in hand. We breath in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, the plants absorb the carbon dioxide and build complex sugar chains and release oxygen as their excess by product. This is good. We need oxygen, and the plants need carbon dioxide. But what happens if we generate more carbon dioxide than we have plants to convert or utilize it? We have a carbon dioxide build-up that can conceivably be toxic. Or even worse, the carbon dioxide can combine with other naturally occurring gaseous molecules and inhibit oxygen dispersal throughout the atmosphere. In effect we can have a breakdown of the ozone layers in the upper atmosphere. Ozone is the blue in the skies. The deeper the blue - the more ozone. To make matters worse - we (the human race) are in the process of eliminating the lungs of our planet. Our tropical Jungles are under siege. Every year acres (even square miles) of jungles are being cleared. Many of the species that thrive in these habitats are on the verge of extinction. We (the human race) are also poised to become extinct!!! And we are doing it to ourselves. The petroleum (oil) found in the ground is a molecular concoction comprised of decayed plant and animal remains from the prehistoric ages. This is the precious oil that we are so dependent upon. These oil reserves are limited and defined by the simple fact that the dinosaurs died off millions of years ago - and we aren't raising anymore dinosaurs today. In fact, we are clear cutting our forests and jungles as we speak. So I ask you:::: What is going to be the source of petroleum for our great great great great great grandchildrens' great great great grandchildren? I'll answer for you - NOTHING!!! Bio Fuels are The answer to our ecological and economical problems. Bio Fuels are fuels that are derived from Biological fuel sources that are "not" fossil fuel based. They are not derived from petroleum but are derived from plant mass or matter that is renewable, and sustainable. Need more bio fuel - grow more plants. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But it is not that easy.
Remember, land is "money" and those high dollar condominiums take alot
of land away from crop lands. No body wants to build a house on a rock
hill. They want to put it in the middle of the farmer's field - and
then they want the farmer to quit growing crops because his activity is
annoying. In order to grow more crops - you have to put more land under
agricultural production. Really, this is an interesting point! The more
people we have on the planet - the more food we need, this means the
more land we need to produce fuel, to produce/grow food, and the more land we need to build
those houses to house all the additional people. But wait a darn
minute!!!! If we have say 200 uits of land this century, and we need 40
units for people and 30 units to grow food - we have 130 units for such
things as factories, shopping centers, parks and oh yea - forests' and
jungles (ya gotta breathe, Right?). (NOTE: For the sake of simplifying our discussion - Oceans, streams, rivers and
lakes are not part of the equation - unless you build artificial lakes,
ponds and streams on the "available land") So - out of the 130-units
available, you need at least 80 units for forests and jungles. Don't
frown, you can also use the forests and jungles as park and animal
reserves. This is good, because you need to have fresh air (why do you
think people like to be in the country? Fresh Air! ). This leaves
roughly 50 units for future generations (and wildlife). The
problem is 10 to twenty years down the road. Population has increased
by 50%, meaning
you need to cut down 20 more units of forests or jungle to put the
additional people on. Common sense would dictate that you double up the
housing capacity by building
two or three story apartment/condominiums. But that's not pleasant -
people want their own back yards with their own pools. So ya gotta take
away 20 units of forest and jungles. Or, you can take 20 units from
the 50 units of reserve. Now for the complication. The farmer's need to
grow 50% more food. So you need more agricultural land to grwo food.
Now farms are kinda tricky. No one has figured out how to effectively
stack multiple farms upon a single piece of land, even though we have
figured out how to stack peoples' houses (apartments). Wait
a minute!!! Aren't you going to grow something to make bio fuel out of?
This is going to
be a potential problem down the road. Since you only have say 30 units
available to grow crops for Bio Fuel, you need to get maximum crop
yield. Oh, one other thing?
You need water for the crops. Dang, and you thought you had it figured
out. This
is just a "sample" of the really complex issues involved. We need to
seriously devote energy, resources, and money to solve this "Bio Fuels"
production issue. The entire human race is dependent upon our ability
to effectively solve this equation. The
"Big" Oil companies do not really want us to develop Bio Fuels. They
have "their money" invested in an energy model that makes a lot of money
for them. Think this is not relevant? Take into consideration that
"They" Control all of the petroleum commodity known as "Oil", Not every
one can just drill a hole and get "oil". But everyone can grow fuel
crops. Which means that the oil companies cannot monopolize a fuel that
everybody can readily produce. So now, explain to me why the oil
company should invest in actual alternative energy research? I'm
waiting..... Ok,
so now I have another snag. Who do you think is going to fund all of
these Alternative fuel projects?
The government? This would mean additional taxes. The banks? Get real.
Who do you think owns all that petroleum stock (or "Big Oil Company
Stock)? Do you seriously think that the "Banker" is going to help you
finance and promote a fuel source that is going to cause his "energy" stock to lose
value? Yea right!!!! This is exactly why you cannot go down to the bank
and borrow say $30,000.00 to build a "home Bio Diesel Plant", or say
$70,000.00 to build an Ethanol Plant. The bank will tell you flat out
that it is an "unwise investment". Unwise, because it will threaten
his/her petroleum stock. Why do they think this? Because their "Big Oil
Buddies" are telling them it is. After all - Alternative fuel is not
good for "Big Oil" because "Big Oil" will lose market share. And the
oil companies readily point to the 500-million jobs that are at stake.
This is the singular fact that keeps all those congressmen and senators
from getting actively on the Alternative Fuels Bandwagon" We can't have
all those voters out of work - it will make them angry!
Then the congressmen and senators won't get reelected. And they won't
get all that campaign money from the oil companies - which means they
won't be able to persuade enough of the employed folks to vote for them
to offset the votes against them by the ticked off unemployed workers. But
there is a snag with this train of thought. You see, they aren't taking
into consideration the fact that
the alternative fuels industry will actually create additional jobs. In
fact nationwide there will be over two jobs created for every job lost.
So why is this a problem? Because,
It may not be a job in the same geographic location (hence the
congressman/senator will still lose voters). But this is all
conjecture. The only solid fact is that the products derived as off
spins of the oil industry can be readily produced from bio energy
processes. That's right! many of the chemical compounds that we think
are only available from petroleum can be synthetically produced from
bio gases or bio matter sources. It's just a matter of getting the
carbon chains aligned or arranged to compile the many molecular
variants and produce the carbon chains that make up petro chemical
by-products. But
there is still one basic problem: The Big Oil Companies will not
own it, and if they do try and buy up the alternative fuels industry,
they still cannot keep total control of it. But they can get the
legislators to legislate around the issues, and stall their eventual
demise.
This is the current petroleum industry tactics. Diversion, smoke
and mirrors. I
cannot tell you how many times I have been told that Ethanol is a poor
choice for use as a motor fuel. They say It burns
up the valves (my response ia always: Why, because it burns 23% cooler? It's a fact). Ethanol has
only 80% of the energy potential of gasoline (but a typical car/truck/SUV only
utilizes 60% of gasolines' available power under extreme optimal
conditions - the grocery buggy probably only utilizes about 45% - so
how is this issue a problem? Please explain - I'm not seeing the
counter point?). Oh yea -
You can make adjustments to an the engine and tune it to Ethanol, and get a 25% gain
(making it 105% as efficient as gasoline). Don't take my word for it - It's a scientific fact that has been proven over and over. How
about Bio Diesel. Here's a good one to ponder. Bio Diesel has more
lubricity (it is more slippery in the engine than regular Diesel, and
a lot more slippery than ultra low sulfur diesel). Therefore, Bio Diesel
will not wear out your diesel as fast as regular petro diesel (I like to call
it Dino Gunk ). Another "common" misrepresentation/rumor is that biodiesel cloggs the fuel filters of a diesel truck. This is not true! Bio Diesel does not clog the fuel filters in a diesel
engine - but the Dino Gunk Residue that has built up in the tank will. Bio
Diesel is a clean fuel, and a high detergent fuel. This means it
will clean out the fuel tank and where is all that dino gunk gonna go?
That's right! Bio Diesel runs smoother than petro diesel because it has
an inherently higher CETANE Rating. CETANE is the fuels resistance to
delayed combustion (delayed ignition) which is the source of that
distinct "Diesel Sound" of a running Diesel Engine. Bio Diesel also
burns extremely clean. Meaning that there are no measurable pollutants from
a Bio Diesel Fueled Engine Exhaust. You can literally stand in the
exhaust stream of a running Bio Diesel Powered vehicle and not get that
watery eye effect or obnoxious smell of a diesel engine. This means
that dreaded problem of obnoxious odors while following a diesel truck or bus in traffic
is gone forever. Burning Bio Diesels in an engine does not put sulfur dioxide into the
atmosphere, because there is no sulfur dioxide to exhaust. In case you
are unaware - sulfur dioxide is a major compound found in petroleum, and, that yellow cloud we see as SMOG. So
explain to me just why Alternative Fuels are not good? If you weigh the
facts one on one - you will rapidly come to the conclusion that
Alternative Fuels are 10 times better that fossil fuels. And they will
help stabilize the global economy in the long run because you will not
have a few centralized countries monopolizing this energy resource.
Pricing will be more stabilized and as the industry develops, and products
will tend to get progressively cheaper - instead of more expensive. So once again I ask? Why Not? Dave R. Mason, PhD |
