On 2008-04-08, Jay Maynard wrote:
Alternatives are impractical until there's a complete, comprehensive
distribution infrastructure in place. That'll take 20 years. There's also a
significant chicken-and-egg problem.

Diesel from algae has the potential for 10000 usg/acre used (and is more
of an industrial than agricultural process). So far it's not been
developed because oil has been so cheap.

The infrastructure already exists for that sort of fuel.

There's also no chicken and egg problem for using fuel more wisely.
We've only been wasteful of it because it's been so cheap it's not been
worth using it efficiently. There are significant efficiencies that can
be had that do not result in "economic squalor". For example, insulating
my Victorian house halved my winter heating bills and made the house
more pleasant to live in. Hardly 'squalor', in fact the very opposite.

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