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Originally Posted by Shawnski
That would be one heck of an advancement, since currently it IS the food stuffs that are the catalyst to getting ethanol. Reminds me of the "guns or butter" saying from WWII. Now it's "food or fuel".
I am not sold at all on ethanol or biodiesel. Too many starving people in the world to use up all the nutrients in the soil to power SUV's. Another red herring here, IMO.
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Well, that is completely incorrect based on this information in this documentary. You're also not using anything more than is already being used to grow the plant in question. All you are doing is recovering the waste products and using them to generate power. You're not taking food away from anyone, unless they are eating the stalks and leaves from the plants in question. Believe it or not, but science continues to improve the technologies that generate these fuels. The first iterations of the techology got a bad rep, but they have come a long way. They may be related, but the processes have evolved and become much more efficient. It's like comparing the Wright Brother's Flyer to a modern sngineered 767. Oh wait...