Ad hoc comment: One of the issues that tugs at me when I have seen recent "debate" (or quasi-science or shouting) over whether some of the biofuels are "sustainable" is that the fuel itself, if it is a relatively simple standardizeable not-horrifically-toxic chemical, is a somewhat *separate issue* from how it is derived.
So, a debate over the sustainability of ethyl alcohol as a "fuel of the future", whether it took place in the 30s or today, should include the concept that while it may well be presently sourced from much agriculture or semi-agriculture, I'd think we could somehow *manufacture* such a fuel, going forward, by new innovative methods as well. What is to prevent us, with all the scientists we have sitting around, from taking some solar-derived electricity and trying to make such relatively simple chemical compounds as ethyl alcohol from widely available chemicals such as water and CO2 and O2 and what-have-you. MM Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
