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Default Ethanol; working now

Maxprop wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 May 2006 03:01:12 GMT, "Maxprop" said:

The numbers I've seen, with respect to cellulosic ethanol production, are
far less.

I understand there are other problems with using that process. It may have
promise, but we're not there yet.


What sort of problems? The Brazilians are using sugar cane--the whole
plant--which is a type of cellulosic + sugar-based ethanol production. And
they have divorced themselves completely from foreign oil importation.

Max


And it was announced yesterday that we (the US) are going to import
Brazilian ethanol (can't remember if it was on MSNBC or
FOXEWS)...one of the reasons given was that you can't run a pipeline
from the Midwest to the East because it condenses in the pipe...What
happened to our trucking system and trains??? Another reason was to
strengthen our relationships within this hemisphere...(yeah...look
at what NAFTA did for us....)