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A year or so ago I did a back of the envelope calculation that took the entire combined annual output of palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia and converted them to an equivalent fuel value of gasoline. The bottom line was that the above quantities of oil would provide US domestic motor vehicle needs for very nearly three weeks. Now consider that those countries cultivate palm oil using forestwide slash-and-burn techniques like it's going out of style with virtually no environmental concerns, have a 365 days/year growing season, and virtually unlimited amounts of rainfall, it illustrates what a pipe dream replacing petroleum with midwest switch grass or fermented corn silage biofuels is. Just ain't gonna happen.

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it illustrates what a pipe dream replacing petroleum with midwest switch grass or fermented corn silage biofuels is. Just ain't gonna happen.

Just to point out: if you substitute the word "supplement" for "replace," you get a much more viable argument.