Originally Posted by samsam

fucking typical of the us government to be looking into this now, when the world situation is dire.

they should of looked at alternatives properly years ago

Originally Posted by minusonebit

I said no republicans in here because they are usually the first to say something stupid. Which is not surprising, Republicans typically are, on average, dumber than Democrats. Not that Democrats are that smart either, because they arent.

The special said Brazil is almost to the point that they will be able to declare energy independance. They use sugar cane to make ethanol, which is super smart since that shit will grow almost anywhere down there. We should use corn, as the midwest would be a perfect place for growing it. Right now, we pay farmers subsidies to grow corn, there is a surplus of it, so they burn it. Absoultely stupid.

And E85 is a crock of shit. Its still 15% oil, and thats 15% too much. Its another half measure that was put forth by the idiots in Detroit. These are the same people that have created the mess we have now. For years, they have made engines in cars more efficent and able to produce better mileage. But all of that extra efficency was used to make the vechile bigger, or heavier instead of making the out the door mileage better too. Truth be told, gas mileage has stagnated on Detrioit vechiles since about the 1980s.