As I understand it the real problem with ethanol is that it won't go though existing pipelines.
And THAT is a monster of a chicken-egg issue. On 3/3/06, j m g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The funny thing is you have all these american car companies saying > it's soo hard to get off gas, do a google on Brazil and Ethanol, you > can get a car down there that will switch from deisel or gas to > ethanol with the flip of a switch so you can use what's convenient, > guess who makes those cars - Ford. > > And the real kicker, the ethanol they are producing, based off cane > not corn packs more of a punch than gas. > > Yes I realize the whole chicken and the egg, I'm not going to find > straight ethanol at the corner gas station. Yes it would take some > sort of government mandate, but before you free market wonks ruffle > yourself over that, just don't, not with all the govt handouts being > given to the current energy industry. Why is it that Citgo is being > investigated for setting up a program to give discounted oil/gas to > low income folks but exxon/mobil got barely a look for price gouging. > > On 3/3/06, warpmedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Better we work on filtering technology then creating more nuclear waste > > that can't be gotten rid of, only stored. Then there's the issue that a > > nuke plant is essentially a dirty bomb ripe to be detonated. > > > > Fuel-cell + Battery + Ethanol sound like they could be good tech if > > that's what the market was buying as a whole for cars. Add to that, > > Solar could be viable to power homes. > > > > Chris Reeves wrote: > > > The reality is, though, the electric type cars, etc. all require you to > > > create energy somewhere.. I'm laughing a bit at places like Montana where > > > you've got a Governor asking to open up strip mining for more "coal based > > > solutions". > > > > > > Everyone is so terrified of Nuclear Power, which numerous other places in > > > the world use to great success, that they are willing to do almost > > > anything > > > else with other permanent damage because they find it much easier to > > > "sell". > > > > > > > -- > -jmg > -sapere aude > > -- G. Waleed Kavalec ------------------------- Why are we all in this handbasket and where is it going so fast? http://www.kavalec.com/thisisislam.swf
