Wayne et al, My vote is for ethanol (cellulosic) as a by-product of wood and paper production or even trash conversion. Even though trash conversion would probably steal from the recycled paper product stream. As I've mentioned in previous postings, I don't support primary agricultural ethanol or bio-diesel production even on marginal lands. Biofuel production from waste products would provide a win-win by turning a liability into a carbon neutral energy source. What we are seeing are the typical market forces required to bring a product to fruition: Everyone jump on the band wagon until the wheels fall off then throw all the babies out with the bath water. I predict that agricultural ethanol will the dot-com bubble of this decade. As with the dot-coms someone will get uber-rich and others (including the many farmers) will wake up with a monster hang-over and little else.
David David Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] 978-697-6123 On Mar 23, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Wayne Tyson wrote: > Of the 6,000-plus ECOLOG subscribers, how many think ethanol > production, particularly as an end product rather than a by-product, > is a significant "solution" to "the energy crisis" and how many think > it is a juicy pork-barrel (or something else) AND upon what > scientific or evidentiary basis?
