House Passes PRO IP Bill

[fouldragon at aol.com]

What I don't get about ethanol is, if it's about a 
domestically-produced fuel/fuel independence thing, why go E85?

 From what I hear, in Brazil, a lot of the cars can run on 100% ethanol, 
so if we get a miracle that lets us crank up ethanol production without 
starving the world, we can cut the petroleum industry much more out of 
the loop.

Of course, at the end of the day, individual transportation, no matter 
what its form, is always inefficient.  Give me a 2,000 horsepower 
locomotive pulling a commuter train with 500 passengers, over 500 
individual cars.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Garfias <mike at garfias.org>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 6:19 pm
Subject: Re: House Passes PRO IP Bill











On May 7, 2008, at 5:18 PM, Craig White wrote:
> ----
> and it looks like we got a choice between 2 candidates who want to
> double down on the ethanol solution.

As a car guy, I _LOVE_ ethanol.  106 octane means being able to run
13:1 compression on the street.  However, the idea of making it from
corn is a stupid one.  If I was a politician running for office, the
artificial constraint of a needed grain (wheat/corn) looks awfully
attractive.  The US is the dominant supplier of these grains, and if
we keep the supplies artificially low, then we've brokered a position
of power in the new food economy.

I don't know if our morons running for office can think that far
ahead, but if they can, I'm sure they're thinking about this.
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