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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (65009)	1/8/2003 7:11:49 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Noel de Leon; Re: Yongquist's statement: "In summary, biomass, at least considering the size of world population today which has to be supported by crops, cannot be diverted from food supplies in significant quantities to be important as a liquid fuel, and at best energy conversion efficiencies from biomass to oil are low." Genetically modified plants solve these issues. We have hardly scratched the surface of what engineering is possible in this. We have decades before we oil really gets tight, so there is no rush. And the financial reward for doing the research is so attractive that it is bound to happen. I agree with him that the result will not be pleasant as far as what the environmentalists want, but life will, nevertheless, go on. -- Carl