| We are looking for an across-the-board | | | | |
| solution for our present exorbitant | | | | as the Hydrogen based fuel cell to assist |
| consumption of | | | | the Ethanol fuel approach, this could lend |
| | | | itself |
| gasoline and it seems as though there is | | | | |
| none, at least for the present. We are | | | | to some key food staple shortages. The final |
| looking at | | | | question may be..."Do we prefer wheels |
| | | | beneath |
| Ethanol additive to our present gasoline | | | | |
| formulas, but this will only give us better | | | | our feet, or food in our stomachs." Common |
| miles | | | | sense tells us that at this point in time, we |
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| per gallon and of course, much cleaner | | | | |
| bi-products with its use. Ethanol becomes a | | | | must proceed with great caution. Granted, |
| temporary | | | | the very large south American country of |
| | | | Brazil |
| fix...at best. The reason, of course is the | | | | |
| need for the corn base sugars(and other | | | | has embarked on their Ethanol program for |
| similar | | | | approximately a decade now, with fairly good |
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| sugar and starch crops) to produce it. It is | | | | results and have enjoyed the weaning from |
| a simple deduction that it will eventually | | | | foreign oil. Will it ever be 100% remains to |
| | | | be |
| begin to deplete the food stock of our | | | | |
| nation and also hurt our exports of these | | | | seen.Solar energy is one possible approach |
| grains. We | | | | being tinkered with to produce Hydrogen in |
| | | | order to |
| could, with the anticipated increase in need | | | | |
| of our corn crop, grow the extra acreage that | | | | power our future power plants and it is |
| | | | hoped that electricity, which now helps to |
| would be needed to meet any anticipated | | | | deplete |
| needs. We must keep in mind the amount of | | | | |
| labor | | | | our fossil fuels will help us to deliver the |
| | | | fuel needed to produce power for advanced |
| that would be required to accomplish this | | | | |
| task. The question remains...Will the Ethanol | | | | "Fuel Cells" being developed to power the |
| | | | automobiles and trucks, etc. of the future. |
| approach keep the price below our present | | | | |
| gasoline prices ?All in all, we must accept | | | | Unfortunately, producing Hydrogen by using |
| the fact that we will not be able to have our | | | | solar energy electricity is very inefficient. |
| gas and eat our | | | | |
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| corn muffins too. There are also other crops | | | | This being said, solar energy is fully |
| which can be used to derive the Ethanol fuel, | | | | renewable and therefore must be considered. |
| | | | Along |
| such as soybeans, sugar beet, raw sugarcane, | | | | |
| etc.. The fact still remains...the choice | | | | with the Hydrogen fuel from Solar approach |
| will | | | | comes recent announcements of some |
| | | | breakthroughs |
| be gas for our automobiles and along with | | | | |
| this will eventually come a vast depletion of | | | | holding great promise using Solar to |
| one | | | | economically produce the hydrogen needed for |
| | | | fuel cells |
| or more of our key domestic and export | | | | |
| crops. It does not mean that this scenario | | | | for both the automobile and our industrial |
| will | | | | needs and not using up all of our food |
| | | | resources |
| eventually come to be, but without other | | | | |
| renewable energy fuels developed in tandem, | | | | in the process. |
| such | | | | |