Jed Rothwell wrote:
As Pimentel has pointed out ...
Utterly meaningless. The guy is an antiquated and misguided zealot with
zero credibility among the decision makers on either side of the aisle-
as witnessed by the massive changes already underway.
As for developing improved ethanol, if we were to redirect the money we
spend doing that to improved automobile efficiency and plug-in hybrids,
we could easily cut our consumption to 20% to 50%, saving far more than
ethanol can every supply.
Of course hybrids are a big part of the solution. It is not "either/or",
and it is definitely NOT about "improving ethanol".
We should be focused precisely on the twin goals of fueling advanced
hybrids with butanol, biodiesel, or algoil --
...which fuels are more like 'anti-ethanol' than 'improved ethanol' --
and we should be heavily taxing Arab oil, at the point of entry, and oil
company profits via the elimination of all allowances and incentives, in
order to accomplish these twin goals.
Ethanol will gradually fade from view and go out of use, in the next 5-7
years, under the weight of its own inefficiency, and with no need for
sham arguments.
Advanced biofuels, on the other hand, like butanol and algoil are here
to stay.
Jones
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