Dylan Smith wrote in
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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.



Really? Haven't heard anything at all of this process.. I'll have to
have a look around unless you can shortcut me to somewhere ...




Bertie

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.