CONGRESSMAN [Roilo] Golez’s concern that biofuels will eat into food security — specifically, “making beer more expensive” — strains credulity.
Couldn’t he at least think of other, more plausible reasons besides worrying about a more expensive alcoholic drink?
– Perla Limbaga Manapol, Banga, Aklan, Philippines (via e-mail)
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December 19th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
bilib na ako sa mga pinoy. magagaling, matatalino, ngayon naman bio fuel ang dinidiscuss, hindi naman scientists.
filipinos are jack of all trades, master of none. any topic under the sun can be discussed, cite the problem and give solutions.
kayal lang sa salita lang kulang sa gawa. in short, magaling dumakdak.
December 19th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Alcohol from coconut lambanog is feasible but biodiesel is not as it does not reduce CO2 emission as we will still be burning heavy carbon molecules. Do not be fooled by biodiesel manufacturers.
Ethanol has only two atoms of carbon which will converted to carbon dioxide. Six atoms of hydrogen which will turn into water only after combustion
December 19th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
tama si kabayan……..
may lobby money na ba kaagad ang mga oil companies to derail the bio-fuel alternative……..
talagang mabilis itong si golez, go go golez………
December 19th, 2007 at 3:51 am
my five cents in re biofuels…
biofuels cultivation requires vast acres of arable lands. its production will rob much needded lands for food supply producton. it seems futile and a brain-dead ideas to get into biofules cultivation/production while majority of staple food supplies of all filipinos are improted(i.e rice, corn.) if we really need alternative renewable green prower supply, the govt.and private sectors should look into solar power,wind farm and geo-thermal energery production on which the country has a large untap resources.
plus biofules cultivation/production will require mechanized farming method, fertilizer, water irrigation and proccessing plants all of which will contibute to enormous drain of energy and power source more than it can produce itself. we don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this thing up.
and besides fertile and arable land in the phils are being converted into subdivision and golf courses anyway so there is not enough land left out for cultivation of any plants even for the barley and grains that mr. golez beer production needs.
so no matter how we all hype up the biofuels mania, we have to consider all the unforseen consequnces before we all buy into it.
first - phil govt, private industries and its citenzery does not hold a gold standard in policing enviromental pollution prevention and abatement.
secondly - general agri-business practice and methodology are still sub-standard and archaicly practice.
third - cost and effect studies of the biofuels cultivation/production must meet the national/international eviromental impact assessments. “the ends must justify the means”.
fourth - get all the facts out, conducts public hearing- q’s and a’s - the pros and cons must be debated by all interested parties.
the filipinos deserves all the best not just for profit schemes.
salamat po,,,,
chrisgalon
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December 18th, 2007 at 4:48 am
I think Congressman Golez has a point; he just had a rather ridiculously insufficient argument by using beer as an example. My opinion is that our lawmakers should be very cautious and rational when it comes to drafting bills regarding the production of biofuels here in our country. In the US for example, the ethanol and biodiesel industries have mercilessly tapped into the corn and soybean supplies, which are limited by land for plantations and seasonal yields, causing a significant increase in the prices of these very important crops which are raw materials for numerous food products found in our grocery stores. A similar scenario in our country would definitely have a devastating effect.