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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 335356" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The current fad is to bash biofuels by blaming them for higher food prices. To some extent this is true, but the problem lies with the crops being used. Soy and corn are very inefficient methods of producing biodiesel and ethanol in terms of gallons per acre.</p><p> The future is in biofuels produced from algae. Yes algae, the green slime that grows in your swimming pool. There are strains of algae that are thousands of times more efficient at converting sunlight into liquid fuel than corn or soybeans. Algae ponds can use brackish water and dont compete with food crops for arable land. It is simply a matter of economics---right now it is still cheaper to drill for oil than to grow it.</p><p> Im glad fuel is getting expensive. Its about time that we in America were forced to come to terms with our addiction to imported oil. I have no sympathy for someone spends $25k on an SUV that gets 10 MPG and then complains about how much it costs to fuel it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 335356, member: 14668"] The current fad is to bash biofuels by blaming them for higher food prices. To some extent this is true, but the problem lies with the crops being used. Soy and corn are very inefficient methods of producing biodiesel and ethanol in terms of gallons per acre. The future is in biofuels produced from algae. Yes algae, the green slime that grows in your swimming pool. There are strains of algae that are thousands of times more efficient at converting sunlight into liquid fuel than corn or soybeans. Algae ponds can use brackish water and dont compete with food crops for arable land. It is simply a matter of economics---right now it is still cheaper to drill for oil than to grow it. Im glad fuel is getting expensive. Its about time that we in America were forced to come to terms with our addiction to imported oil. I have no sympathy for someone spends $25k on an SUV that gets 10 MPG and then complains about how much it costs to fuel it. [/QUOTE]
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