[E. Pluribus Unum]

Their energy requirements are huge and only possible with government-created economic distortions.

Sort of like the Holy Grail of "alternative enerby sources" you love so much: ethanol?

[palmer]

Very much like corn-based ethanol which I hate. My older engine has had very poor performance since they started mixing that crap in with the gas. The same analysis applies: a heavily subsidized farmer with energy intensive farming methods creates a low energy product which is fermented and added to the fuel. Takes energy every step of the way including transporting that crap from the midwest.