Originally posted by: XMan
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/11/bloomberg/bxcorn.php
Ethanol makes sense, but perhaps not so much from corn. In the end I don't know that "bio-fuels" will be the answer, unless we are willing to absorb it in increased food costs. Americans can probably afford to do so, but I don't know about the third world.
We could invest in Brazil's model if we could end the tariffs on imported ethanol, but eventually I think it's going to come down between a balancing act of farmland for fuel or food.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/world...3adc82c67600388&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt
My take? Bring on the nuke plants and electric cars!
There was a thing on the history channel a few weeks ago about enviromental tech.
What this one company was doing to counter the CO2 pumped out by buring coal was to divert the flume gas into containers filled with algae which eat CO2, mutiply and give off o2.
The algae that grows can then be turned into bio-diesel, ethanol, and food grade protein.
What this means is, we can burn even more coal, counter CO2 production and create bio-fuels.
What more can you ask for?