Comment Limit the number of output sources? (Score 1) 506
Perhaps I just don't understand, but even if an alternative energy source (biofuel or otherwise) generates more greenhouse gas, isn't there still an advantage if we can limit the use of these fuels in regards to geography?
My point is this. We have all of these gasoline engines around the country pumping out greenhouse gas from our cars. There isn't a very good way to limit this output at the engine due to the life cycle of a vehicle, people bucking the system, and the fact there are just so many of them!
If we produce an alternative fuel that burns cleaner at the automobile even if it is terribly dirty at the production factories, isn't this source of greenhouse gas easier to address? Couldn't the production factories have a sort of scrubber or way to capture/recycle/reduce this harmful output? I would think it would be easier to implement these measures in a few thousand plants than in millions of automobiles.
Of course, this has just been the thought rattling around in my head when I read a story like this. It seems there isn't a magic solution to our environmental impact, but I would think stuff like this could at least make somewhat of a positive change.
My point is this. We have all of these gasoline engines around the country pumping out greenhouse gas from our cars. There isn't a very good way to limit this output at the engine due to the life cycle of a vehicle, people bucking the system, and the fact there are just so many of them!
If we produce an alternative fuel that burns cleaner at the automobile even if it is terribly dirty at the production factories, isn't this source of greenhouse gas easier to address? Couldn't the production factories have a sort of scrubber or way to capture/recycle/reduce this harmful output? I would think it would be easier to implement these measures in a few thousand plants than in millions of automobiles.
Of course, this has just been the thought rattling around in my head when I read a story like this. It seems there isn't a magic solution to our environmental impact, but I would think stuff like this could at least make somewhat of a positive change.
