Posted on 12/26/2008 5:41:01 PM PST by Kaslin
I got some gas with some 15 or 25%, I forget which of that ethanol garbage in it by mistake a coupla years ago in the midwest when I was pulling a travel trailer. I was burning fuel so fast I could literally watch the needle fall as I drove. What a rip-off! I was really p.o’d.
I agree with you on cellulosic ethanol.
I invested a small amount of money and bought some shares of Verenium Corp (VRNM). They’re working on making cellulosic ethanol profitable AND practical.
The wide variety of biomaterials available for cellulosic ethanol is substantially larger then corn-based ethanol.
DISCLAIMER: I do not work for Verenium nor know anyone who does.
Thanks. I looked them up. Looks like Pacific Ethanol is the West Coast version. I know someone is working on the algae conversion at OIT. They sure have an unlimited supply in the Klamath lakes.
Too big to fail?
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“If it made sense, they wouldn’t have anything to do with it.”
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That is so true about so many things these days, not just the mysterious workings of congress. At least once daily I find myself shaking my head in amazement. Not that I haven’t done plenty of stupid things myself but I don’t deliberately shoot myself in the foot and then ask someone else to push my wheelchair.
Obsession with ethanol, because of the lobbying strength of its proponents has interfered with the backing of actual solutions both in the marketplace and in government itself.
“Regionalizing” the ethanol boondoggle would not have made this any different.
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