It all rolls back too. There is not any one solution. There are many smaller ones. Most alternative fuels will have place in the picture somewhere. Some bigger Some smaller Some for limited time frames. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Ethanol from food grade stock might be short term and might be diadvantageous > for other reasons, but there is a movement afoot to produce it from waste > biomass, namely municipal solid waste. There's at least one pilot plant > operating now in a southern city. forget where. > > Joe Fulton > > --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] The Pickens Plan (not) > > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 1:04 PM > > >ethanol from starch is -very- short term, for all the > > negative reasons > > >you cite, plus it's a very inefficient use of the > > plant. the only > > >thing it has going for it is 'off-the-shelf' > > technology. cellulosic > > >ethanol is more efficient and could use many plants on > > sub-prime > > >arable land, but it still isn't a good fuel > > strategy. > ://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list