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I take it that you are against fuel alcohol.
Fuel alcohol came back into consideration in the 1970s because of OPEC threats to our petroleum imports. It was thought that alcohol could be produced readily, after all, you don't have to ferment a dinosaur for millions of years to get it. And we perceived a huge farm surplus, so putting two and two together they came up with the idea of burning those surpluses as fuel.
A lot has changed since then. NAFTA reduced the surplus, mileage requirements were imposed on cars, etc. Conservation and regulation changed the fuel picture.
I'm against ethanol fuel because it's stupid to waste valuable US topsoil and pollute the Gulf with runoff chemicals even more to create fuel crops. Fuel Methanol would make more sense because you could use wood slash and cellulose for root stock.
But IC engines will probably phase out as more people find electric vehicles advantageous and we better utilize sun and wind power (Germany seems to be a leader in this).
Eventually, I suppose, hydrogen fuel cells will be used for portable power, and many fuel quibles will fade away.
Fuel alcohol came back into consideration in the 1970s because of OPEC threats to our petroleum imports. It was thought that alcohol could be produced readily, after all, you don't have to ferment a dinosaur for millions of years to get it. And we perceived a huge farm surplus, so putting two and two together they came up with the idea of burning those surpluses as fuel.
A lot has changed since then. NAFTA reduced the surplus, mileage requirements were imposed on cars, etc. Conservation and regulation changed the fuel picture.
I'm against ethanol fuel because it's stupid to waste valuable US topsoil and pollute the Gulf with runoff chemicals even more to create fuel crops. Fuel Methanol would make more sense because you could use wood slash and cellulose for root stock.
But IC engines will probably phase out as more people find electric vehicles advantageous and we better utilize sun and wind power (Germany seems to be a leader in this).
Eventually, I suppose, hydrogen fuel cells will be used for portable power, and many fuel quibles will fade away.
