<VV> Re: [VV-talk] Moonshine for SUVs!

[airvair]

Quite simply, what I meant by "energy sink" is that it takes more energy
to make than you get out of it. I didn't mean that SOMEone SOMEwhere
wouldn't make money doing PART of the process.

The problem with anything that's an energy sink is simple: where are you
going to get the extra energy to get it, and why would you be so
wasteful? Ultimately, energy sinks are just not worth the bother,
overall.

While oil was easily obtainable, it was practical. But sooner or later,
fossil fuel WILL become an energy sink. Which is why we need alternative
energy sources that are NOT energy sinks. Otherwise, we'll just be
digging ourselves into an ever deepening energy crisis, with
skyrocketing costs and less and less of it available. Ultimately, we'll
end up rubbing two sticks together for the energy.

-Mark

Tony Underwood wrote:
> 
> At 06:24 hours 05/15/2006, airvair wrote:
> >Did anyone see Primetime on May 7th? There was a guy that had developed
> >a method that, using Prairie grass, he could make 10 times the biofuel
> >energy that could be made from corn. He claimed that he could fuel cars
> >for less that $1.00/gallon.
> >
> >Regardless, as you point out, corn ethanol is an energy sink. Not really
> >worth using, or even investing the time or $ in it, IMHO.
> 
> There are flocks of people about 30 miles south of my location who
> would quickly take issue with that statement.   They pay for some
> pretty serious pickup trucks and real property with profits made from
> corn alcohol.
> 
> Roanoke VA is about 30 miles north of the heart of Franklin County
> VA, the moonshine capital of America.
> 
> And yes, the stuff *will* burn if you light it.   It also will thin
> shellac nicely and remove some brands of fingernail polish, according
> to my sister.     I've not tried any of the stuff in motor fuels though.
> 
> tony..
>