Comments on: Biofuels from Engineered Tobacco Plants?

By: Stasulos

Stasulos — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:10:52 +0000

Biofuels are a dead end unless produced as waste treatment (i.e. biodiesel from waste cooking oil) due to their low energy production density. Even the oil palm (one of the most oiliest plants per acre) still produce no more than 2 watts per sq.m. This means land overusage, water overusage and in the end – worse food supply safety. Even when produced from wild plants on non-arable land, biofuels are hundreds of times less efficient compared to wind and solar. The main issue is that you cannot put electrons in your F250 fuel tank.

By: Phillip Greene

Phillip Greene — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:34:55 +0000

I would be curious as to how much water is used in growing and processing the seeds too.

By: sheckyvegas

sheckyvegas — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:58:15 +0000

“But there is a hitch. When we try to extract oil, most of it is available in tobacco seeds.” — Oh, I think I see another hitch. The potential of throwing tons of tobacco smoke back into the atmosphere! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! We all gonna die…

By: Francisco A Roque

Francisco A Roque — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:59:33 +0000

Thar’s ok to make biofuels from, not from corn, a good food source, they should prohibit them from using food products again.

By: sara

sara — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:18:37 +0000

How can it be CO2 neutral? Are machines used to plant and harvest crop? How about delivery of seeds to be grown?