[Pontiac]

before the cries of burning food for fuel flare up, are there any non-edible crops that can provide the sugar needed, and also I see they are working to make it from cellulose which is basically weeds and trees and could even use tree waste products(wood chips, etc).

It really makes no difference if you are using non edible crops or parts of crops because you are either using land that would have been used for food crops or are depleting the soil by not plowing under the cellulose.

[Dutch Boy]

I get the feeling the cures are more deadly that the affliction.

In the middle ages, the waring kingdoms would burn the others crops. This caused the people to starve. Then they discovered the potato. You could burn the tops but the potato under the ground was still good. Fuel is the same concept. If it is on the surface, it can be destroyed. Underground, it is protected.

[Dane]

It really makes no difference if you are using non edible crops or parts of crops because you are either using land that would have been used for food crops or are depleting the soil by not plowing under the cellulose.

That's why I asked the question. I know this may sound ridiculous, but wouldn't a weed like kudzu have plant sugars?

Georgia is the Saudi Arabia of kudzu. That's why when I see these pat answers by people(easter candy going to $500 a lb., etc. etc.), it can get irritating, but I guess it's the same mentality of saying the light bulb would never take off.