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One intriguing possibility, that is in the research stages (translate: years 
away), is the production of ethanol from biomass especially corn stalks. 
Now if you plant corn, harvest the corn for food, and then produce ethanol 
from the stalks you probably have a real energy gain.

I still think our best bet is to go nuclear, continue research into hydrogen 
fusion (translate: decades away).  As has been pointed out this frees 
petroleum for other uses, and would be a basis to eventually (a number of 
decades away) change to using hydrogen gas for non electric  energy.

In the '50's, before the green revolution pushed starvation in the 3rd world 
(presumably we are the first world, but who is the second world?) away from 
public attention, the prophets of doom targeted population growth.  This 
still is an eventual disaster, and it impacts energy problems.  For example, 
if the USA had the same population it had in 1900 (~100 million if memory 
serves) pollution, resources, oil, coal etc. would not be anywhere near as 
pressing a concern.

If we can just convince a couple billion people to move somewhere else....*
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875

(406) 642-9640
*"It's a joke son, a joke" Foghorn Leghorn ca. 1952

ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us 



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