Comments on: Continental Airlines biofuel flight coming up http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/continental-airlines-biofuel-flight-coming-up/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:22:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Amr El Beleidy http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/continental-airlines-biofuel-flight-coming-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Amr El Beleidy Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:26:05 +0000 http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=778#comment-1734 I would like to know how they assessed the emissions of the biofuels. Which land did it grow on, was this land cleared especially to grow their bio crops? If the land was originally agricultural what crop was being planted on it, and has this crop been pushed into land that was cleared? A point is made about jatropha that it is non-edible, which is implying non-competition with food, but the real competition is for land. I would like to know how they assessed the emissions of the biofuels. Which land did it grow on, was this land cleared especially to grow their bio crops? If the land was originally agricultural what crop was being planted on it, and has this crop been pushed into land that was cleared?

A point is made about jatropha that it is non-edible, which is implying non-competition with food, but the real competition is for land.

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