Re: Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today?

Kamal R. Prasad wrote:
Threeducks wrote:

Straydog wrote:


On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, BMJ wrote:


rrc wrote:


[snip]

It isn't so much the hydrogen economy but anything to do with climate
change and what can be done to reduce its effects. You may have
noticed that biofuels


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.


Not necessarily. Have a look at this link has to say:-

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1397011.cms

regards
-kamal

That link doesn't say anything about the overall thermodynamics of the process and how it compares to refining oil.
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