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
>
>


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