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Originally posted by NICKG
what i don't get is, why aren't we going towards biodiesels? we have the surplus agricultural resources and diesel is simple more easily made (re: it takes more energy to produce a gallon of ethanal than it makes) Europeans have been using diesl small cars heavily for years and i read somewhere where like fully 60% of small cars sold in the EU were diesel. Biodiesel is a completely renewable resource..we would not need mid east oil anymore
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Bio-diesel may seem like a good bet but it is really in its infancy. The engineering ecomonics are still a little off. Remember it still takes energy to make it and that energy can come from hydro plants but mostly from coal burners. Also, it takes methanol to make it as well as other chemicals. These have to be made as well which also require energy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm investing in a bio-diesel plant now but only becasue I know that the stock will go up (on shear emotion alone).