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[jillybean74]

Making ethanol using cellulose source.
Cool. 

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Those damned Libras and their comments

[andrew_the_oga]

It's so hard to know whether to be encouraged by things like this

Re: Those damned Libras and their comments

[jillybean74]

I have no problem with getting around in some type of non-human powered vehicles. I think it's essential if we're going to live in cities, where we are physically removed from most of the food sources (aside from what we might be able to grow on our patios or in our back yards). We tend to work away from where we live, so we need to travel. I don't see a return to subsistence farming any time soon. Sure, urban design can go a long way in minimizing the amount we have to drive, and we can make better choices about when/where we choose to go. The vehicles certainly have to become more efficient though, and if we're going to continue to use carbon sources to power them (whether we combust it or use the hydrogen in it to power a fuel cell), we are going to need to stop taking the carbon from the dead trees buried under the ground. Ideally, we could have a closed loop carbon cycle, if we got all the carbon from renewable sources... plants/algae. (In reality we all know that this will never happen until all the dead tree juice is sucked

[buhrger]

Admittedly, I don't know what fast breeder plants are.
nuclear fission reactors

[tblumens]

Excellent!
BTW, we don't need to put ethanol into gasoline (as andrew_the_oga said). Ethanol can fuel cars very well on its own.
Imagine being able to use all the non-edible parts of edible plants to make fuel!
I believe that will happen, it's just a matter of time. Too many people trying for it not too happen!