Robert J. Chassell wrote: > > Rather than do this, I think that a government of either the US, or > Western Europe, or Japan, or China should spend 2% or more of its > gross domestic product each year on researching and developing > alternative sources of energy, and plan to do so for the next 20 years > (although the time might be less). A government should do this if > only for the military benefits of possible independence. > The USA _is_ doing that: currently the greatest world producers in ethanol to replace gasoline are Brazil and the USA. We started the program in 1974 (or so - but back in the 30s we already had alcohol cars), but the USA started it quite recently.
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