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Posted by Drew in Houston [Email] (more from Drew in Houston) on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:21:58 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: I think "scam" was being used differently, dudewithasaab, Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:57:36
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a loss or not.

But in any case, the reason it's not just a "scam" is because there are legitimate reasons to jumpstart the production, find and explore effieciency synergies, improve the general availability of product, and increase the knowledgebase and availability of equipment that is capable of handling higher concentrations of alcohol.

No one can predict the future but I think it's important to at least consider that the current low blend mix is not an end solution but is a stepping stone on the road to IC engines that are more powerful, more fuel efficient, more efficient total energy converters, and are powered by a RENEWABLE energy source.

It will always take energy to convert energy but ethanol seems like a fairly strong front runner going into the future.

One interesting thing about ethal alcohol production is that when the yeast feeds, equal parts carbondioxide and alcohol are produced. Carbondioxide is a fantastic fertilizer for air and particularily aquatic plants. I wonder what would happen if a large scale alcohol plant teamed up with a large scale oil producing algae plant? The waste carbondioxide from the alcohol production, excess heat energy for climate control (for both heating and cooling, cooling achieved through the use of absorber technology, commonly in use for HVAC steam driven cooling) along with free sunlight, could be used to produce bio-diesel at the same plant for basically the price of the ongoing maintance costs of the equipment. Why not? That's just one synergy that could be possible if the technology is encouraged to be developed. That's why I think "scam" is a little harch.

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