The Meaning of Biofuel To The Economy, The Ecology And To Our Future
Posted by Angie Tewis in Uncategorized, tags: alternative energy, angie tewis, biofuel, energy, environment, environmental, fuel, natural resources, UncategorizedIt is human nature to think that everything will remain the same as it has for generations and the world will provide us with everything we need. We still have everything we need to lead a normal life on our normal planet. Mother Nature is self sufficient so there is no problem there.
The catch here is that Mother Nature was designed to be self-sustaining. If everything were left to Mother Nature we would not be experiencing any problems with our resources. Natural predatory systems would be in play. There would be plenty of plants and animals and the planet would overflow with the natural resources that we all take for granted, including all the oil we need to make the fuel we use so lavishly.
What Mother Nature didn’t count on was the commercialization of these resources, or the speed with which we would be consuming them. She also didn’t count on a rapidly increasing human population that relies heavily on these precious resources. A population that would drain Nature’s deposits from the earth faster than they could be reproduced.
With the evolution of the earth’s natural rhythms our earth did not foresee that human beings would chime in and upset her timing mechanisms.
This is where Biofuel can Play a Part
The earth will require eons to replace natural resources used in producing petroleum. The earth does not need this much time to grow and convert natural oils which have the ability to replace fossil fuels in specific testing situations. This process is actually quite common today, particularly in Europe.
The conventional biofuels are produced from sugar, starch and vegetable oils, normal commodities found in everyone’s kitchen. As a matter of fact, there are currently programs underway to transform restaurant food waste into biofuel. This is how common and simple it can be to find resources we need for a sustainable energy solution.
Biofuel’s Benefits
“We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel.” -Bobby Jindal
Right now, we find ourselves in fierce competition for the natural resources needed to create conventional fuels with countries overseas. This competition drives up the price, limits the availability of the product and generally makes it a non-sustainable form of energy.
Raw materials to form biofuel can be domestically grown so the United States does have a more enduring supply of sustainable energy possibilites. Biofuel is cleaner than fossil fuels. It also reduces considerably the amount of damage our modern transportation systems are doing to the air. Producing biofuel is also considerably less expensive than producing fuel from fossil sources.
The Question is then why doesn’t Biofuel Rule?
There are so many benefits to biofuel why hasn’t it caught on in the transportation market? Many of the reasons involve the way we manufacture automobiles. Biofuel techniques have not been proven and remain in the testing stage.
So, while the question of biofuel ruling the world of sustainable energy remains in the future, it is a near future. When that future is finally upon us, the planet, its people and Mother Nature will all benefit.
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