Exactly, although it is a bit cute how the author tries to use the word "Nebraska" in a sentence. Maybe he will update it with North Dakota or Wyoming next?
Wait.
That won't work either.
Maybe Jon should do 5 minutes of research before he posts another smug fluff piece? http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Give me a break. Let's judge people for the content of their character and not their UID. Is a person any less valid based on how long they've had an account on Slashdot? No, so shut the fuck up. (For the record, I've been posting as AC here for something like 12 years.)
Grumpy?
For what it's worth - I thought WTF?
But I see a lot of stuff like this on my labtop. So any more I take it for granite.
Yeah, this story reminded me of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta
Charcoal, shells, pottery...
I'm actually looking at using natural gas for my next vehicle - my local gas company has some subsidies for conversion/purchase. Lots of undeveloped coal-bed methane out there. Loads of it...
Not to mention off-shore methane gas hydrates...
Diesels are really pretty good too - we're weird about them in the US though.
I had though about electric, but until more nuclear capacity goes online I'm worried about supply issues driving prices back up.
I mean seriously.. if it causes us to use more gasoline to go the same miles-- why are we doing this?
Exactly...
My results are pretty much the same. I switched a few years back to non-ethanol gas - I use "premium" non-ethanol. I end up saving a tiny bit of money with the extra mileage I get and my mid-90's vehicle runs better (IMO).
Definitely NOT scientific proof, but it works for me.
It is "cheaper" to fuel up with E10 or whatever - i.e., I could fill my tank for less cash (and that is exactly as far as most people think it through) but the reduced mileage kills it for me.
Happily, a local station I stop at anyway stocks non-ethanol fuel - I don't know if I'd drive across town to fuel up or anything like that.
How long do we throw money at corn based ethanol praying that the producers invest in cellulose alcohol production?
We've been throwing money into this barrel since what? 1978?
Sugar cane is not really an option - it doesn't grow well in the vast majority of the US.
Corn is "safer" for the producers - i.e., they have several potential markets for their corn.
I think I used to have a coffee maker that did this...
Remember, UNIX spelled backwards is XINU. -- Mt.
