by alcohol you mean ethanol? cameron and i have been talking about this stuff. my only reservation is that i think the process of producing ethanol is still a net-negative energy process, meaning it burns more energy than it produces. still, it would greatly reduce our dependence on oil, and that is a very good thing....
On 4/18/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, I just watched a show in Brazil and how they are moving from a > heavy dependency on foreign oil to an almost indepenence by switching > to alcohol for fuel. > > Over the last 5 years, they have gone from 90% dependence on foreign > oil for fuel to less than 10% this year. > > 5 years ago, they mandated all gas stations have available gasoline, > deisel and alcohol. > > Most cars sold today are mix-fuel cars (they can take pure alcohol, > gasoline or a mix of both). > > The price of alcohol has fallen to less than half that of gasoline in that > time. > > The production of alcohol is a much cleaner and cheaper process than > distilling oil, so there are more companies in the business, and > increasing rates of competition, helping to drive dow n the price. > > I am definitely going to do some more research into this. > > FWIW > Jerry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204600 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
