Re: Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today?
Threeducks wrote:
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In Brazil, 20% of what goes into gastanks of cars is bio-ethanol.
Today. Already. And, just about market priced with gas. No fantasy.
All reality.
I'm not convinced this stuff is the way to go. It's more expensive than
regular gasoline, and you get fewer MPG. The guys who are basically
converting garbage to ethanol may have a market (and I applaud their
efforts), but the idea of growing corn to make ethanol is a dumb one.
Why?
There's been an on-going debate about how much petroleum is left and
when the peak in production has occurred or will occur. Nobody knows if
there any new reserves will be found, where they might be, and how large
they are. Once the known reserves of hydrocarbons are gone, what's
going to replace them?
At least with biofuels, there's going to be a renewable supply of feedstock.
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