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Surely the EU would not allow that sort of unilateral actionFrance prohibits the use of food crops in biomass quite rightly
Surely the EU would not allow that sort of unilateral actionFrance prohibits the use of food crops in biomass quite rightly
Their is no food shortage.I don't really see any food shortages yet. Plenty, even on here, trying to talk grain prices down.....
Crack on with biomass, plant trees, even re wild large areas. Let's plant less food, and drive prices into the 21st century where they belong.
Not often remembered that bread and potatoes were never on ration during ww2. That means your calorie intake was never restricted. On the continent I believe the ration for everyday folks was about 2,000 kcals which is pretty dire.I think govt during ww2 was wise enough not to ration beer
They also exported lots of whisky to get dollars (whisky galore)
In the 19th century, one third of agriculture was dedicated to providing transport.Before agricultural power was provided by combustion engines (both external and internal) then horses and oxen were powered by feed grown in topsoil ........... The age of fossil fuelled Ag is coming to an end anyway...
At least it's producing energy.
I like a glass of beer, but if there's a food shortage, alcohol production (drinks) could be the first thing to stop. Millions of tonnes of grain used in GB alone.
My bro services vacuum coolers for cut flower industry. Customer in Amsterdam charters 6 jumbo jets per day, yet media pick on ruminants.And cut flowers?
If they have a word I’m sure Boris will be happy to export the ones we have apparently got planned on our unicorn wishlist.Perhaps they need more of them?
Think that figure would have dropped. AD plants that run purely on food waste are struggling for material to keep them going since cost of food rising.Food waste is more of an issue, last figure I saw about one third of food is wasted?
Someone posted a couple of weeks ago that they’d heard from their local bin men that the amount of food waste they’d been collecting from domestic homes had almost halved in the last couple of months. Sounds like quite a drop and it was only an anecdote really but hearing the same thing from various sources points to a theme developing. Good thing imo.Think that figure would have dropped. AD plants that run purely on food waste are struggling for material to keep them going since cost of food rising.
Heard it on Grassmen so must be true!
Yes a digester is a great idea for recycling waste into a useable product, energy. However growing crops to feed said digesters is stupid, why, because the crops are not waste. They are a valuable commodity with multiple uses. Skipping all of those uses to the recycling stage is a waste.Given that most food waste - via human bottoms - gets dumped in the Sea, I don't agree at all.
AD is recycling in action, pure and simple. It also processes waste that would otherwise be dumped. The waste from the AD is fertiliser which can be used to grow more food or Biomass. It's a fantastic resource IMHO.
Shame the "Government" don't have their head shoved firmly up their backsides - Government Policy is cretinous.
Yes a digester is a great idea for recycling waste into a useable product, energy. However growing crops to feed said digesters is stupid, why, because the crops are not waste. They are a valuable commodity with multiple uses. Skipping all of those uses to the recycling stage is a waste.
You are essentially expending energy to create energy, i honestly can’t see how it adds up from an energy in to energy out ratio.
Not to mention all the other uses of the land which could be carried out.
For instance grassing it out for livestock production would have the potential to capture more carbon than than a digester would help offset in my opinion….only my opinion.
If all the food waste, garden waste even slurries or fym if deemed useful enough would be a decent job because its adding value to those wastes.
You're still using food producing land to grow your fuel for the AD plant though. It doesn't matter how efficient the system itself is, its still using arable land.How are you putting on energy to grow AD crops ? Fertiliser for the next crop comes from the previous crop. There is no loss into the sewerage system - unlike all other farm food systems.
I don't run an AD myself. However, I suspect that Nitrogen is accumilated within the system as Nitrogen is fixed from the air & rain in each season - without that Nitrogen being lost to the sewerage system.
Energy gets added by the sun & Photosynthesis. Pretty straight forward.
Plants capture Carbon at the same rate regardless of having cows on or not. TBH I think the whole Carbon Dioxide creates "Global Warming" is BullPoo so personally couldn't give a rat's bum about that scam.
As said the crop grown could be used for food production or other commodity production, so you would lose out on that utilisation first of all as opposed to using an actual waste product of another process.How are you putting on energy to grow AD crops ? Fertiliser for the next crop comes from the previous crop. There is no loss into the sewerage system - unlike all other farm food systems.
I don't run an AD myself. However, I suspect that Nitrogen is accumilated within the system as Nitrogen is fixed from the air & rain in each season - without that Nitrogen being lost to the sewerage system.
Energy gets added by the sun & Photosynthesis. Pretty straight forward.
Plants capture Carbon at the same rate regardless of having cows on or not. TBH I think the whole Carbon Dioxide creates "Global Warming" is BullPoo so personally couldn't give a rat's bum about that scam.
Because they found cracks in our local reactor and advanced checks in all others of that type. The enhanced program has seen more reactors off line than scheduled.Unfortunately French nuclear power is really struggling at the moment. At one time 80% of French electric power derived from nuclear now it struggles to supply 50%.
1180 calories for an adult in France in WW2Not often remembered that bread and potatoes were never on ration during ww2. That means your calorie intake was never restricted. On the continent I believe the ration for everyday folks was about 2,000 kcals which is pretty dire.
The fossil fuel used to produce said product is a form of energy. I have no connection to a digester or their systems but i would imagine a large proportion of the crops grown for digesters will use synthetic nitrogen of some sort. That is a form of energy.
I am sure there is a massive difference in the ability of land to sequester carbon depending upon the management of that land. Land that has been intensively cropped to the extent of losing OM willnot sequester anywhere near the same as long term well managed pasture with decent periods of rest to allow to grow and allow roots and micro organisms to form their symbiotic processes. In fact land losing OM is by definition not sequestering but leaching.