Heck, I think we should use corn! After all, it will run us out of energy quicker, then we will be forced to deal with the population and reduce consumption issues.
Cheers, Jim On 2/2/07, La Follette, Doug J - SOS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My best guess, which I have been suggesting for 30 years, is Hydrogen mad= e > from wind and other solar sources; > and a reduced population. > > ************************************************** > > > In the recent discussion of biofuels, there seems to be a consensus that > producing ethanol from corn has serious adverse consequences both > ecological > and economic. However I have not seen anyone address the broader question > of > what alternatives we have in the long run. Fossil fuels will eventually > run > out - oil in a century or so at most, coal in several centuries - and > while > there may be some wonderous new technology to fill the gap, we cannot > count > on that. I suspect that combustible fuels will always be with us, and I > wonder what they will be. > > Bill Silvert > --=20 James J. Roper Depto Zoologia,UFPR Caixa Postal 19034 81531-990 Curitiba, Paran=E1, Brasil =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone/Fone/Tel=E9fono: 55 41 33611764 celular: 55 41 99870543 Casa: 55 41 33857249 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D http://jjroper.googlepages.com/ Ecologia e Conserva=E7=E3o na UFPR http://www.bio.ufpr.br/ecologia/ ---
