Plant-based fuels have been a big disappointment to date, but new "green biofuels" might fulfill their promise.
by Chris Dannen on DiscoverMagazine.com
published online September 2, 2008
NOTE: Below are only excerpts, but you can read the whole article by clicking the link above.
"The New Plant Fuel
"Green diesel," as it's being called, isn't the first effort to use plants to power cars; your gas tank probably has a blend of gas and plant-derived ethanol inside it right now. But it's hard to get excited about biofuels when they already have such a bad rep. The use of corn and sugar in fuels has driven up the cost of food by a whopping 75 percent worldwide, according to a recent report by the World Bank. And a Nobel-prize winning chemist has publicized his findings that biofuels made from nitrogen-thirsty plants (like corn and canola) actually produce a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, because they release nitrous oxide during their production. As if all that wasn't bad enough, ethanol blends hurt your car's fuel economy. Not exactly the makings of a green energy panacea."
We have been warning of this for a long time. It, therefore, is no surprise to us here at The E85 Scam. We are surprised, however, that there are still authors and reporters out there still talking about it.
The focus for the next weeks will be dominated McCain's pick of Palin for vice presidential nomination. After all the hoopla of whether or not the skeletons in the candidate's closet is enough to keep them from office, we might, and we say might optimistically, get back to some serious issues at hand.
You eco-soldiers can forget about the war, you are no real match to the boys in the south with their big 4 x 4s ready to roll over you. . . and those machines don't drink corn juice!
