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I think ethanol is the worst alternative. although it may reduce greenhouse gases, devoting all the more area to growing corn actually increases the human footprint. as populations increase, 2nd and 3rd world countries continue to develop, more fuel is needed, and more resources must be used. the human population cannot grow indefinately. it would be against the laws of nature. the amount of biomatter on this planet does not increase of decrease, it only changes form. the more biomatter that is devoted to humans and human activities (energy consumption) the less that is available for all the other living organisms and the more destabilized becomes our ecosystem. just as populations of predator-prey are codependent, there is a limit to the amount of biomatter that can be devoted to human beings, and when the scales are tipped too far in one direction nature will inevitably reverse the trend. This is an issue that is not talked about in regard to ethanol, and perhaps cannot be raised because it brings with it a host of other sociological un-niceties that must be tip-toed around.
i read once that given the equation E=MC-squared there should be enough energy in a single drop of water to run an entire power-plant, if we only could harness it. just look at those bullet trains in Japan and other countries that move on magnetic propulsion. now there's a real alternative. (not to say there is anything wrong with alternative fuels, in fact I am all for the transition believe me. that said, anything that still involves a combustible engine ... well we might as well still be rubbing sticks together.)
i read once that given the equation E=MC-squared there should be enough energy in a single drop of water to run an entire power-plant, if we only could harness it. just look at those bullet trains in Japan and other countries that move on magnetic propulsion. now there's a real alternative. (not to say there is anything wrong with alternative fuels, in fact I am all for the transition believe me. that said, anything that still involves a combustible engine ... well we might as well still be rubbing sticks together.)
