Amazing: the US automobile industry discovers the Diesel engine...

[Phil]

> without massive subsidies, ethanol as a fuel is not economically viable.
> CNG (compressed natural gas) or liquid fuels made from natural gas
> are much better fuel choices, and with the price of natural gas plummeting,
> ethanol doesn't stand a chance.
> 

Dear Mike

You're right, of course. However, in the long term, the price of all fossil fuels will plummet, then soar, and eventually drop to zero (you can't sell what you don't have). Presumably hydrogen will eventually save the day. Presumably. Maybe.

Phil M1GWZ