[muawiyah]

And, a number of studies are wrong.

BTW, recombinant DNA work now underway is going to provide us with high cellulose content crops which when heated will release enzymes that turn the entire mass of material into ethanol.

Think weeds!

[from occupied ga]

And, a number of studies are wrong.

Oh no doubt, but are the ones that suddenly show it to be a net energy producer wrong or are the ones that have for decades shown it to be a net energy consumer wrong? or are they both wrong and it''s energy neutral, but another great way for Kongress to justify pouring gobs of taxpayer money into special interest groups.

If you really want energy independence ramp up coal synfuel and use more diesels. There is a steady supply of coal synfuel that works it's way into the diesel fuel supply, but no one seems to care about it since it's not a tree hugger thing.

[jonrick46]

I hope people in this thread take heed to your mention of the ethanol from cellulose technology. This is the direction that ethanol production will go. The use of corn for ethanol will be ancient history when cellulose to ethanol technology develops in the next few years.