also takes more energy to produce then gas fp At 07:58 AM 3/3/2006, G.Waleed Kavalec Poked the stick with: >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
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