I agree -- compatibility with existing engines and delivery infrastructure is key.

Every few years, some company talks about making butanol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol_fuel in commercial quantities instead of ethanol.

I would think that sweet corn has a whole different infrastructure for farming, storage and distribution than feed corn.

It's not just the corn; it's the ethanol. Ethanol is a poor excuse for a bio-fuel: low energy and not well-suited for pipelines because it is corrosive and absorbs water.

My new Ford C-Max Hybrid, with the infamous MyFordTouch, has a Microsoft label on the dash and a Microsoft EULA in the owner's manual.

Maybe Elon Musk will have to buy Bolivia.

Of course, it's still not from a cud-chewing cloven-hoofed animal. Whether it is meat is a more philosophical question.

Ray Bradbury's novels and stories are great not just because of any message that they might contain, but because of his colorful and evocative writing style. That makes them worthy of school curricula and attractive to teen-age readers.

Sounds like Intel has invented the mainframe.

At current exchange rates, an American penny costs less than 0.99 Canadian cents.

That's Green Hills.

I get calls all the time (so much for Do Not Call) from companies that want to put solar panels on my roof at their expense and charge me for the power that I would use, at lower rates than the local electric utility charges. But I live 2 miles from the beach and don't have air conditioning, so I interrupt their sales pitch and point out that my monthly electric bill is only around $30, much less than their minimum of $100 or more. They go away immediately.

I was on a jury once in a case of driving under the influence of Xanax, an anti-anxiety prescription drug. Two problems with the case: the driver was physically disabled, so he would have had trouble with the field sobriety test anyway; also, there is no legal standard (at least in California) for a minimum blood Xanax measurement that causes impairment.

I've voted against him many times, but he won't go away.

Or your not so cheap phone has an app for that.