Why is everyone looking for "THE ANSWER?" Corn is a response, as is cellulose, as is soy for biodiesel, as is hemp, as is everything else. There will not be a single response to oil. It will be as each region can respond.
fred
On 6/5/06, Jason& Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
this bothers me. people assume that corn is the only place to get ethanol.
dont they read? cellulose might be better later, but corn wont ever be the
answer now.
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> Corn-based ethanol is the result of an extremely energy-intensive,
> CO2-emitting, polluting process. Corn is grown in massive
> monocultures with petroleum-based herbicides, pesticides and
> fertilizers, which are busy accumulating in an enormous "dead zone"
> in the Gulf of Mexico. Ethanol refining plants consume enormous
> amounts of natural gas or coal; their product is distributed across
> the country in oil-burning vehicles. In the end, grain-based ethanol
> produces little more energy than what's required to make it, and does
> virtually nothing to reduce CO2 emissions.
>
> What about cellulosic ethanol, the oft-cited, eco-friendlier cousin
> of grain-based ethanol? Well, it's-wait for it-largely speculative,
> untested and at least 10 years out.
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