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To: tbancroft who wrote (164646)	4/27/2006 7:52:56 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 794026

The market could answer all your questions if given a chance by the demagogues in congress.

To: tbancroft who wrote (164646)	4/27/2006 8:36:50 AM
From: kech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794026

Agreed that ethanol will not be sufficient to create energy independence. But in my opinion it has the most potential to take a big step toward independence in the least amount of time. If it also kills the need for federal subsidies and price supports for corn farmers so much the better as far as the budget is concerned. Hybrids will help too, and Ford even has an Escape for sale that is both a hybrid and E85 enabled. Ethanol is viable and available now and will get better in the near term with ethanol from cellulose. There is some excitement in soy diesel (which is very low sulphur and has some lubrication benefits) and also in processes converting coal to diesel which could be available and usable in the medium term - say 5-10 years out, but Fuel Cells are really a next decade technology. Let the games begin! Sources from much of this is conversations with a bio-engineering professor who works with ethanol. Not sure I can substantiate all claims above but this is how the field looks after talking to him and following up on some of his references.