On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:58 PM, anna b wrote:
> I am curious as to why ethanol has dominated the > recent discussion in main stream media of alternative > fuels. The way I see it biodiesel is already > available as are diesel cars to use it. > Think of the historical difference in cost between bread and olive oil. Ethanol can be made from bread, biodiesel requires vegoil. The "quality" of the feedstock is much higher for biodiesel, and so will be the cost -- especially in those places where "waste" oils (ie, fried foods) aren't so readily available as in suburban US. Also, biodiesel requires constructing production facilities that don't exist presently. Ethanol is a common product worldwide already. Also, of course, Bush's friends would rather make ethanol :-) -K _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
