When I first started looking into bio-ethanol, there were just 91 petrol stations in Germany where you could buy it.
Today, probably for the first time since, I downloaded a new version of the list from e85.biz, and discovered that the number has gone up to 251!
There is even an alternative to my usual supplier in the neighbouring town, so I will be able to go there if I need to. Until now I have not needed to fill up anywhere else. Perhaps I should try it out, if only for the experience.
One of the interesting things about visiting foreign countries can be the different type of food available. Either there are local, previously unknown, delicacies. Or there may be the same brands, but with different varieties of their products. Sometimes there are even the same brands under different names (one of the best-known examples being Twix, known previously in Germany as “Raider”).
Of course, this can make shopping in a foreign country, especially in a foreign language, an interesting experience.
Now, I found the idea of a 24-hour supermarket in Puerto del Carmen innovative. What I am not so thrilled about is reading today that the supermarket chain Lidl are building a store near Arrecife.
Not that I am opposed to Lidl – I shop there myself in Germany. But I am wondering how much local produce they will be stocking, and how much it will be geared towards the tourists on the island? Will you need a car to get there?
Let’s hope that it doesn’t have an adverse effect on the smaller supermarkets.
We often hear debates about whether bio-ethanol production is taking the food out of other peoples’ mouths.
So how about growing crops especially for bio-ethanol production, that are not intended for human consumption. Such as grass.
The grass in this report would not only be one possible solution, but researchers claim that it produces more energy than is required to make it. In other words, it takes less CO2 to produce the bio-ethanol than the amount that is being saved, making an overall net reduction in CO2 – aparently 94% compared to the same volume of petrol.
I wonder what people will find wrong with this solution?
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