Ethanolonomics

Re: [spiers] Ethanolonomics

Anthony,

if you are serious, then why not make this your project?

AS to the NSA, don't worry, if the oil problem is solved, then they'll move onto
another
bogeyman.

John
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:04:12 -0700 (PDT), M A Granich wrote
:

>
> 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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