Elmatador,
This caught my eye, "America's environmentalists favour it (except the purists who object, truly enough, that the real “green” issue there is not the fuel but the cars that guzzle it)."
Now, I do not profess to be an environmentalist, but that will not deter me from speaking on their behalf. Please understand that a major reason for NOT bringing alcohol fuels to the masses is that they produce new pollutants. Scientists (environmentalists) have studied the burning of gasoline for 50 years, and now understand how oil based products burn. What about these vegetable products, when will we know what they do to our air? (Have you ever coughed at a wild fire)?
Formaldehyde, a significant byproduct of burning alcohol, is not tolerable to the respiratory tract. So, the question becomes, what is worse for the atmosphere?
Personally, I like the idea that a ubiquitous internet will allow us to work from wherever we happen to be, and leave the highways to truckers. |
