It's very easy to look at the world around us and assume that it's always going to provide us with what we need. After all, it's done it so far, right? We haven't run out of anything yet. Mother Nature was meant to be self-sufficient, we don't really have to worry about that.
The catch here is that Mother Nature was designed to be self-sustaining. If everything were left to Mother Nature we would not be experiencing any problems with our resources. Natural predatory systems would be in play. There would be plenty of plants and animals and the planet would overflow with the natural resources that we all take for granted, including all the oil we need to make the fuel we use so lavishly.
What Mother Nature didn't count on was the commercialization of these resources, or the speed with which we would be consuming them. She also didn't count on a rapidly increasing human population that relies heavily on these precious resources. A population that would drain Nature's deposits from the earth faster than they could be reproduced.
In short, when the earth's natural ecological rhythms evolved, it didn't count on us stepping in and messing things up.
This is where Biofuel can Play a Part
The earth has taken millenniums to replace natural resources used in the production of petroleum. It takes far less time than that to grow and convert natural oils which are capable of replacing fossil fuels in specific testing environments. This process is not unusual throughout the European continent.
Conventional biofuels are made from sugar, starch and vegetable oils, just like the stuff you use in your kitchen. In fact, there are currently programs underway geared toward transforming restaurant waste into biofuel. Yes, that is how easy it is to find the resources we need for a more sustainable energy solution.
The Advantages of Biofuel
“We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel.” - Bobby Jindal, Governer of Louisiana, probably spoken after BP dumped untold millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans.
At this point we are in fierce competition with all the world's countries for the natural resources necessary to produce conventional fuels. This competition drives up the price and limits the supply making biofuel a dim solution to our energy problem.
Raw materials to form biofuel can be domestically grown so the United States does have a more enduring supply of sustainable energy possibilites. Biofuel is cleaner than fossil fuels. It also reduces considerably the amount of damage our modern transportation systems are doing to the air. Producing biofuel is also considerably less expensive than producing fuel from fossil sources.
So Why Hasn't Biofuel Taken Over the Fuel Business Yet?
There are so many benefits to biofuel why hasn't it caught on in the transportation market? Many of the reasons involve the way we manufacture automobiles. Biofuel techniques have not been proven and remain in the testing stage.
So, while we don't see biofuel taking over the oil industry right now, it will in the near future. When that day in the near future comes, everyone on the planet and the planet itself will benefit.
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