Ethanolonomics

Re: [spiers] Ethanolonomics

OK, Here is an import idea that could be developed,
but be warned, doing so could change the world.

A closet sized home alcohol fuel manufacturing unit.
One that could fit into a corner of the garage. On
one end, the homeowner drops in grass clippings, yard
waste, apple cores, banana peels, etc... The
cellulosic process transforms the waste. The other
end stores your alcohol fuel.

By the lowest estimate I could find, the cellulosic
process will produce 1 gal of ethanol per 30 lbs of
waste. The byproduct of the process can fertilize
your garden. The heat from the processing could warm
your house.

There are already "make your own bio-diesel" kits, why
not Alcohol?

No government regulations to stop you. Don't have to
worry about an infrastructure to deliver the product.
A black market in yard waste could spring up. Theft
of trash would be a serious concern. Arab governments
would collapse.

Anthony

PS, The NSA has probably read this post. The whole
Spiers group could now be considered subversive.


--- John Spiers wrote:

> Anthony,
>
> My arrgument is fuel is fuel, no matter where it
> comes from, and I'd cast any shortage or other
> crisis as a misallocation problem, borne of govt
> meddling in the markets.
>
> Anything that takes a subsidy cannot be a great
> idea, and any great idea does not need a subsidy,
> it would seem to me. We have no energy crisis,
> merely an asset misallocation.
>
> We need freedom to solve these problem, and without
> it they will only grow worse.
>
> John
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:55:24 -0700 (PDT), M A Granich
> wrote :
>
> > Implementing alternative fuels is a political
> problem,
> > not one of feasibility. There are great ideas for
> > producing alternative fuels and increasing the
> > efficiency of the machines that use them. But, an
> > aggregate of government inaction, ineptitude and
> oil
> > company influence have stymied any attempt.
> >
> > Anthony

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