Re: Couple of new articles: even more impact on barley prices could

F. George McDuffee wrote:

> Eighth:  extensive energy and precursor feed stock production by
> fermentation of renewable resources can reverse the depopulation
> of the countryside with the concurrent [cancerous] growth of the
> large metro areas with excessive operating costs/cost-of living
> and [highly] toxic life styles/environments [e.g. drug culture].
> Much of small-town and rural America still has very affordable
> housing and under-utilized infrastructure such as schools, as
> well as a much healthier social environment and higher "quality
> of life" factors.
> 
A quick look in wikipedia at the entry for butanol and the section on 
"production" and the link there is informative. Butanol can be used in 
any car, doesn't need "flex fuel" tech, and be mixed with gasoline in 
pipelines, and can use the standard infrastructure in place.

Production can be from corn stalks and other plant biomass which 
currently do not generate revenue. The factors of choice are economic 
and political, not necessarily technical.

It would be nice if energy policy was not related to the cost of 
brewing, but it really is.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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