cynic69

Ethanol and the Future of Alternative Fuels

Re: Ethanol
The solid science says that ethanol from corn is not viable as an alternative. Ethanol from corn is confusing the public into believing that "peak oil" is not a real problem. The scientific sources that I trust say that there are no viable alternatives to carbon based energy that can be brought to market before the price of energy sky rockets due to scarcity. The realistic scenario is that the price of oil is going escalate to the point that civilization will turn to coal which will drastically exacerbate global warming rapidly and exhaust the worlds supply of coal. Once carbon energy is too expensive to be practical the world is likely to experience a human die off that will move our civilization back the 16th century. These dire predictions could be avoided but that is not likely because of the greed of big business and the incompetence of our political "leaders".