Most of the time, the "renewable energy" people forget to mention how much energy was required to make their product.
Gasahol is one of the better ones. Turning corn into fuel sounds like such a good idea. Problem is, the end resulting fuel has less BTUs of energy in it than it takes to make.
Electric cars are the same. Where do you think that electricity comes from? Unless you are in one of the few places in the US served by hydro electric power (a true renewable resource, because mother nature does the renewing) you are burning some kind of fossil fuel (or worse nuke power) to make the electricity to power the car. Worse, you are sending that power from the plant to the car over really long wires, which creates even more loss.
I am still waiting to see a green system - and nobody has done it yet.
Alex
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