Re: As we who THINK, knew all along..

In article <3PSdndoRdqPzGsrZRVn-rQ@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I think the answer lies in an energy system based on electricity. That
means the development of electric cars and using various means to
produce electricity like wind, tides, ocean currents, geothermal,
nuclear and maybe one day solar power. The transportation of electrical
power from one area to another is efficient and dependable.

Not in those generation forms. Perhaps something far more exotic,
say a way of tapping dark energy for instance. Anyway... Electrical
energy is difficult to store for vehicles. If the energy from a windmill
is turned into ethanol, then we have a great storage of energy for
vehicle use.

Ethanol is all about the process used to make it. Make ethanol stupidly,
and it's not worth doing. Make it in a smart fashion and it makes perfect
sense to do. Sugar cane works so well because sugar cane can also fuel
the ethanol production. Corn isn't so, but if the energy used to make it
into ethanol comes from say a windfarm, we're still way ahead in the end.
We've turned resources that can't power a car, wind and corn, into
something that can, ethanol.

The only factor then would be competing uses for wind power and corn...
But that's the same as saying do we want gasoline or plastics?


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