European Tribune - Comments - Biofuels & Petro-fuels = Liquid Fuels (Part Two)***

Biofuels & Petro-fuels = Liquid Fuels (Part Two)*** | 131 comments (131 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: More calculations (none / 0)

maize 82%
wheat 47%
barley 66%

Sugar beet pulp is also used for animal feed, I'll see if I can find that.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 05:58:19 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: More calculations (none / 1)

Sugar is not clear, they say 2 Mt of white sugar in animal feed, which is weird but possible. (expensive).

I haven't got a number for sugar pulp (by-product) use in animal feed. No time to get one now.

The main thing is animal feed is the principal use of maize and barley, and common wheat for about half.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 06:07:40 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: More calculations (none / 0)

You know, this is very interesting.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 06:10:12 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: More calculations (none / 0)

maize: 82% of 19 Gl = 15.5 Gl
wheat: 47% of 33.5 Gl = 15.5 Gl
barley: 66% of 23 Gl = 15 Gl

Now isn't that interesting?

I think the EU agricultural sector is in for a shakeup.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 06:19:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: More calculations (none / 1)

I doubt it. Reducing beef and dairy gradually is on the cards anyway. Otherwise agri-business is not ready to change sectors and modes of production that fast. It would take a decade or two to switch those volumes from animals to ethanol.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jul 10th, 2006 at 06:38:06 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Biofuels & Petro-fuels = Liquid Fuels (Part Two)*** | 131 comments (131 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

. Home
. About
. Contact
. New User Guide
. FAQ
. ET Editorial Guidelines
. Search
. Search (Google)

Username:
Password:

. Make a new account
. Reset password

Recommended Diaries

Recent Diaries

Socratic Economics XII: Utopian Government Finance
by Zwackus - May 25
118 comments

A Star is Born
by ChrisCook - May 23
23 comments

$1,000,000,000,00
0 or what we must remember
by Metatone - May 19
69 comments

The balance of anger and fear
by Frank Schnittger - May 17
44 comments

Stable pricing is to metaphysics as variable pricing is to...
by Upstate NY - May 16
8 comments

A little American intercine battling
by rootless2 - May 14
27 comments

Another NRW election
by DoDo - May 13
118 comments

Bundesrat saves PV (and loses Röttgen)
by DoDo - May 12
18 comments

The mainstream German Magazine Spiegel asks, has the US mixed ...
by Democrats Ramshield - May 10
27 comments

Short Term Climate Forces: Black Carbon, Methane, and...
by gmoke - May 9

Twenty days of Crisis for Cameron
by ceebs - May 9
22 comments

SYRIZA and the Eurocrats: a letter of intent
by talos - May 9
363 comments

French Parliamentary Elections: a look under the hood
by Bernard - May 8
59 comments

Sunday Train: The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Fine Iowa...
by BruceMcF - May 6
18 comments

Greece election day II - Election diary and info
by talos - May 6
129 comments

Greece: Election day I - some background
by talos - May 6

Why haven't we had WWIII yet?
by Migeru - Apr 30
258 comments

More Diaries...

Occasional Series

Click for full list