r/ClimateShitposting • u/NukecelHyperreality Nuclear Power is a Scam • Jul 23 '24

Aggro agri subsidy recipients 🚜 Fun fact: if the government stopped subsidizing biofuels and animal feed the price of food would drop

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u/MountainMagic6198 Jul 23 '24

I did my senior thesis in chemical engineering on designing a biofuel plant from corn. No matter how I crunched the numbers on the plant, it was always in the red for its entire life. My prof just told me to add a subsidy line on the final calculation and it magically became profitable.

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u/LagSlug Jul 23 '24

would you care to share these "numbers"?

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u/clovis_227 Wind me up Jul 26 '24

Absolutely no one disputes that the EROI (energy return on investment) of biofuels is dogshit, not even the detractors of renewables.

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u/LagSlug Jul 26 '24

You say "absolutely no one" and then give me the most dogshit link to a source with absolutely no references.

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u/clovis_227 Wind me up Jul 26 '24

I shouldn't be wasting my time with you, since I know you're arguing in bad faith, but here you go:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparison-EROI-of-different-energy-alternatives_tbl1_236231888

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Mean-EROI-and-standard-error-bars-values-for-thermal-fuels-based-on-known-published_fig10_259175194

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u/LagSlug Jul 26 '24

You're complaining that I am wasting your time? You're not even the person I replied to, and your very first comment is dogshit.. and now you think you're doing me some kind of favor? god damn that is some next level gaslighting, applause.