The thing is, Dave, that we are in a war of ideas. If the other side wins this war, then we may stray far down a path, and waste a lot of time, before realizing that the "solution" is unworkable. If this fantasy is demolished at an early stage, then maybe more people will get serious about taking action to prevent the worst case scenarios envisioned by hardcore doomers.

That's why these biofuels threads are so popular, IMO.

Good point.

However, there are lots of other paths we are straying down. CO2 injection for recovery of stranded oil for one. Offshore drilling of America's continental shelves for another. Coal for everything -- power generation, conversion to liquids, you name it. If you believed all the propaganda, the US has more recoverable liquid reserves than Saudi Arabia. I'm not kidding. Biofuels is small potatoes compared to what I just brought up.

Small Potatoes

So, here we are talking about corn, switchgrass, God Knows What to make stuff to put in your car. Give me a break!

It is imperative that the lumpen populace maintain their belief that life will continue as it is forever.  We all know that is the rationale for all this stuff.
EXACTLY, I keep trying to bust some such propaganda but my attempts are not well received by the naïve and simple minded.

I just had an argument with Nick (after some with odograph and eric blair), but to the idiots crowd it is ME who is the "stalker".