Quote Originally Posted by DSailing View Post
I think any crop based ethanol is a bad solution. This requires growing edible crops for fuel. It doesn’t much make sense to me. Besides, the amount of crop would require tremendous amounts of fertilizer which are petroleum based.

Why not reduce fuel instead of looking for new sources?
I'm more along these lines. Engines can be so much more efficient in what they do without losing much performance (if any at all). I expect that the new research that is going into the Formula 1 cars will blow this wide open, leading the way to hybrid car efficiency but still 100% gasoline.

Something I think needs to be looked into more is fuels from waste or byproducts. Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could take all that landfill waste and convert it into something we could run our cars on. There is currently a company that has a process for doing just this, but it's still in its very expensive, time consuming infancy. I think this is one of the best solutions because it fixes two constants- the constant need for fuel and the constant production of waste.