Energy independence is one of the top issues facing many nations. In America, it’s about pollution and Middle East; most of the citizens believe that America is too much dependent on Middle East oil. China, India, Pakistan and others need to solve their energy problems and pollution at the same time.
Renewable energy seems to be the way forward for mankind. It is easy to make, store and consume. Do you see yourself driving a car run on renewable energy? Do you see it taking over oil and diesel as the primary source to run automobiles?
The powerful oil lobby has blocked alt energy in the US for years.
One of the HUGE negatives of the Supreme Court choosing Bush over Gore in 2000 has been the increased power of the oil lobby in the oil administratoin (and the continued devastation of our planet and reliance on the volatile ME).
Well, the one advance is in Ethanol. Brazil is nearly energy independent due to a booming Ethanol industry. The Brazilian methodology is also much more productive than the current US focus. By using sugar cane instead of corn, the Brazilains have achieved an energy input to output ratio of close to 1:9. The US struggles to get 1:2. What this means is that the US needs to do a number of things. First we need to grow different crops. Second we need more vehicles that accept flex fuels. Next we need advanced Ethanol technology that uses cellulose rather than corn sugar. We need more retail distribution pumps beyond just the midwest. And, we need to put marginal idle crop areas to work with hardy cellulose producing crops, to prevent food shortages as crops are shifted from eating to burning.
If a country as big as Brazil can do this, the US can do it. It is within reach.
It is always funny to hear “If Brazil can do it so can US”. I mean America went to moon, cure diseases and invented light bulb and what we got from Brazil?
Bikini wax…
We already have Gas Stations here in the NorthWest that sell Bio-Diesel at pretty competetive prices.
**This fuel is made from Vegetable Oil and Methanol mix, has equivelant energy to petro diesel or dino-diesel as some people refer to the non renewable source.:) **
Yeah, lets get to it... wait, we have to blame republicans for destroying the wind first... speaking of windmills, how about that drunk a-hole from MA, who is against putting tese windmills in close proximity to his palace.... talk about hypocrits...
my brother back in Karachi..