I don't believe that the federal govt's push to use these products has anything to do with economics, rather to do with homeland security issues. Lets face it, the middle east is a hotbed for terrorism and by switching to these fuels we make their product less profitable or desireable.
Still, we should be going for non-combustion power. MLM On Sat, September 22, 2007 3:21 pm, joseph gathman wrote: >> I was pleased to see this in the NY Times, but > > Yes, it's good to see an article critical of corn > ethanol in one of the flagship papers of the > mainstream media. > > But it doesn't mention a couple crucial issues: > > 1. Energy Return On Energy Invested (EROEI, aka EROI, > aka Net Energy, as addressed by Odum's 'emergy' > analyses), which appears to be rather low, at best, or > negative, at worst. > > 2. The heavy dependence of this "renewable" energy on > non-renewable oil and natural gas in various stages of > the chain, from fertilizers to transport to > post-harvest processing. > > Treating the issue as a question of economics alone > misses the boat - but I guess that's to be expected, > considering the source. > > Joe Gathman > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > Malcolm L. McCallum Assistant Professor of Biology Editor Herpetological Conservation and Biology http://www.herpconbio.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
