Don’t need to. Knew this stuff before Zubrin wrote about it as did most folks who know even a bit of college chemistry. What I don’t get, is why we’re not doing it now? I guess ADM owns enough politicians to push ethanol. And the folks here who complain about using food to make fuel are idiots, btw.
Well, what little I learned in college chemistry I forgot long ago. I do not claim to be an expert on this matter, though I am in the learning process. Zubrin seems to know what he is talking about, so I trust him until I have a reason not to.
As for “the folks here who complain about using food to make fuel,” I wouldn’t call them idiots. I’d just say that either they are misinformed or I am. I don’t know the details, but I do know that if the demand for something goes through the roof, in a free market so does the supply.