Completely OT: Inflation

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 10:47:30AM -0400, Bob Stockler wrote:
> The ethanol story sounds good, until you factor in the energy
> required to grow the grains from which it is derived, and the
> energy required to transport it to the sites where it is
> produced, and then the energy required to ferment and distill
> it.  Recent studies have shown it to be a net energy loss -
> though it does have some economic benefits for those in the
> grain belt.

Two words: algae biodiesel.

Cheers,
-- jra
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