tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262869.post114901209190716515..comments2009-07-16T07:22:38.553-07:00Dahcredynshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687525897516386077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262869.post-1151423085727825612006-06-27T08:44:00.000-07:002006-06-27T08:44:00.000-07:00Starting now? Ethanol has been around for some 30 years in the U.S. We already pay American farmers billions to grow corn, and if growing corn became really profitable, then the oil industry will probably buy out all the farms, or the chemical industry.<BR/><BR/>More important, how much quality top soil has been lost in just the last couple of decades due to farming? Without quality top soil we're going to need more and more fertilizers and pesticides to grow our fuel. That'll be perfect, since all these farms are near America's most important aquifers - maybe we can create a whole species of super American mutants!!!<BR/><BR/>Corn ethanol is just short of a joke. Yes, it can help develop cellulosic ethanol, but many scientists believe it would take decades to achieve a 30% reduction in oil consumption with cellosic ethanol. <BR/><BR/>Moreover, if cellulosic ethanol simply leads to cheaper gasoline, demand will for all fuels will go up. For decades new fuel efficient technologies have simply been used to make faster, heavier vehicles because of cheap fuel.<BR/><BR/>Without making significantly more fuel efficient vehicles, ethanol will accomplish very little. Both gas-guzzling and E85 guzzling need to end, and technology can achieve that end, but if Detroit keeps focusing on fuel, rather than fuel efficient technologies, little will change.Dahcredynshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687525897516386077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262869.post-1151285132426942432006-06-25T18:25:00.000-07:002006-06-25T18:25:00.000-07:00I disagree with the negative impact of this statement. I feel if we don't start now, we may never benefit from flex-fueled cars. Anything that can be fermented could be used to make the fuel and it could made more effieciently then that of Brasil, which would benefit North America more so. The problem is the auto makers are in bed with the oil companies. So there is no concerted effort by the automakers to push the flex engine. Just think if we actually payed the American farmer to grow crops that we usually pay him not to grow...Landrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10742021113252876102noreply@blogger.com