Biodiesel Controversy
China is becoming the 500 pound gorilla in the energy market. As it develops industrially the use of renewable energy is going to be critical to the country’s wealth and security, and the political leaders know it. Here are some excerpts from a well done article at renewableenergyaccess.com.
China’s Yangtze River Valley is the world’s largest rapeseed producer, accounting for nearly one-third of the total rape yield, Wang said. “It has the potential to produce 40 million tons of biodiesel per year, equaling the oil output of one-and-a-half Daqing Oilfields,” he added. The Daqing Oilfields is currently China’s leading crude oil producer.
But there are issues in the Middle Kingdom.
This has frustrated eager investors like Liang from Guangzhou. “The cost and quality of biodiesel extracted from imported palm oil vary greatly from that made from waste materials,” he said. “Yet without any business standards you have to cope with the unfair competition.”
But if you can’t eat who cares about the quality of the biodiesel.
“There is no denying that biodiesel is battling for the soil with grain,” said Zhou Bin, general manager of the Beijing FaitH Oil New Technology Corporation. “The oil our company used to produce is edible oil, for Chinese people’s diet. Now it has been converted to fuel for Europeans’ cars.”
Ah, not to worry, there’s a tax based subsidy for everyone.
Zhu Ming of the Academy of Planning and Design under the Ministry of Agriculture is less worried. “The government will control the overall situation by policy,” he said. “There will be subsidies for food crops so that farmers won’t earn less growing them.”
But is all this sensible, opines an academic.
Professor Gu Shuhua from the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology of Qinghua University raised the issue of cost. “So much money and energy has been thrown into it, but are we going to get enough biodiesel to justify the cost?” he asked.
Alas, all these questions must be addressed the world over. Fortunately, due to open dialog, I am certain reasonable decisions will be made (eventually). Personally, I keep pulling for algae – but I seem to be in the minority, at least for now.
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- Author :Rt
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