I have been hearing more and more about this whole deal with ethanol. I just don't understand all the hype. Earlier this year I heard from a Science teacher at my school (He is a former college professor that has retired and came back to teach high school) that even if The United States made a serious commitment to ethanol, it still wouldn't be a good idea. He said that if we grew ethanol producing crops on every square inch of land in The U.S., we still wouldn't produce enough ethanol to fuel the entire country. Surely the government realizes that? Why can't we just use Hydrogen? It seems so much more practical because it is more combustable than gasoline and it only produces water as a by-product. Hydrogen also seems to be better than ethanol. As far as I can tell, the only downside to Hydrogen fuel is building stong enough fuel tanks; but that seems an easy enough task. What can I possibly be missing?
2006-06-18
17:25:37
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