[Final Authority]

Both ethanol and soy oil requires more input energy than the resulting output (more so for ethanol) even factoring out sunlight. Neither are good alternatives unless you like to consume so-called fossil fuels at an increasing rate due to ethanol consumption. (there are many scientific studies and papers published verifying this observation that I can cite)

A crash program to develop nuclear generated electricity using intrinsically safe reactors built from a common design blueprint is the only hope we have to lessen the demand for fossil fuels consumption. We, however, have a lot of fossil fuel to burn buried under the high plains in the mountain states and in Canada. It just matters where one wants to have the environmental impact relative to what course to take.

[add925]

Both ethanol and soy oil requires more input energy than the resulting output (more so for ethanol) even factoring out sunlight.

What about the cooking oil reclamation? Granted, energy is needed to get it into that state, but its basically waste product afterwards that is disposed of.

Radioactive cars will be nuked by the Sierra Club. Also, so will the fuel underground in the North.