funny thing is most people i know consider energy sources that are not the ones the u.s. is using to be only for hippies. my ex has been driving his mercedes on biodiesel for years, which uses i think 1/4 real diesel - the rest is vegetable oil. works fine - no problems or issues at all.
and some businesses here and in other run on solar power, which they store, and it works fine.
months ago i read an article on cnn. bush was very involved in helping set up agreements with south american countries which would make them the primary suppliers of the corn that would be turned into ethanol in case that became popular. some u.s. states were very upset because it would keep them from helping supply the ethanol in this country, again making more money for the biggest oil companies and keeping money from the farmers here
