SCovert

Ethanol Is No Field of Dreams

My 2-cents-worth barbaric yawp:

a) as a person with asthma, it's distressing to me that ALL focus has turned to global warming, and NOBODY talks about pollutants any more. Excuse me for wanting the world to be less poisoned so that I can use my (also poisonous) inhalers less to survive. We hear about carbon every day - but when was the last time you heard anyone say "CFC" or "PCB" or "terratogen" or "carcinogen" or "sulfite" etc. etc.? A very successful manipulation of public thinking is at work here.

b) Brazil has a thriving ethanol industry, thanks - it's old-school to them - keep in mind it was not engineered by the mentally challenged USA gummint

c) if coal and gas can be made clean, I'm all for it, and agree we don't need the solar, wind, wave, geotherm and other alternatives - we can coast for 50-75 years and let our great grand-kids worry about it.