I also thought it important to point out that this study was done by UC Berkeley researchers; in direct opposition to their latest "god."
They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
well i have just one comment and it harks back to the first post...which i totally agree
importing oil from people who use our cash to kill us is plain crazy...are we honestly suggesting here that the brain power of the US cannot (if it has not done so already) match or beat the huge effort brazil has tried and successfully implemented??...
this solution using this renewable home grown solution could drastically cut foreign oil imports..we can use our purchase of oil as a weapon, buying only from states that support democracy and therby supporting democracy. rather then oil being used as a weapon against us (like OPEC), we can turn it into a weapon for us...selective purchase based on our requirements.... will it ever replace oil, maybe or maybe not...will it reduce drastically , i believe it could...and surely that is a good thing....
if you believe it doesnt work, are u truly telling me we cant MAKE it work?
hell i would even go so far as to give this technology to democracies the world over, the less use of oil worldwide, the more of a weapon with huge financial weight it becomes....and one we can deploy as we see fit...
i would like nothing better then to give the middle finger to every oil rich islamic states that we have to show 'understanding' and say...one simple word...no..when u become a democracy with religious freedom for all...then and only then do we buy...
we need a presidential decree like kennedy's speech about a man on the moon to drive this...we can do it...we just need to realise the gains..this is not just about oil being more efficient, far greater things are at stake here IMHO..