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Originally Posted by The Gaijin
Even if it is totally efficient - how many BTUs per acre of switchgrass? And how many acres would you need to plant to replace even 1% of oil imports?? And if you are not growing food - but fuel on that land - what are we going to eat?
A nation of 300 million souls - in a temperate climate. Most of us need heating, cooling and transportation.
Not even a small part of the answer to our problems.
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this is the same criticism of those that i mentioned above: throwing it out simply because they believe it to be impossible. believe me, i like our gasoline burning cars and i am also skeptical that oil can be replaced in its entirety. but i also think that exploring other options is necessary. also, if we can put to work those parts of our land that sit idle, of which we have quite a lot, it is my opinion that this is a good thing.