Comments on: Igniting Cellulosic Biofuel Production http://scienceprogress.org/2008/06/igniting-cellulosic-biofuel-production/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joseph j7uy5 http://scienceprogress.org/2008/06/igniting-cellulosic-biofuel-production/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 Joseph j7uy5 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:03:53 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/06/igniting-cellulosic-biofuel-production/#comment-2237 This article certainly rings a longed-for note of hope regarding both the energy crisis and the food crisis. I do have one cautionary note, however. We currently are facing the prospect of a shortage of topsoil. <a href="http://www.hearlihy.com/about/newsletter/item.aspx?ap=1&nli=15&art=824&bhjs=0"Loss of topsoil<a> leads to a loss of arable land. One technique for ameliorating this is be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_manure" rel="nofollow">plowing biomass back into the soil</a>. Diverting this biomass for energy production could solve one problem, yet create another. This article certainly rings a longed-for note of hope regarding both the energy crisis and the food crisis. I do have one cautionary note, however.

We currently are facing the prospect of a shortage of topsoil. <a href=”http://www.hearlihy.com/about/newsletter/item.aspx?ap=1&nli=15&art=824&bhjs=0″Loss of topsoil leads to a loss of arable land. One technique for ameliorating this is be plowing biomass back into the soil.

Diverting this biomass for energy production could solve one problem, yet create another.

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