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Originally Posted by Jay-qu
Do you call the ethanol from sugar cane bio-fuel? It is becoming an increasingly common fuel with buses in my area.
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Yes a lot of petrol stations have a10% ethanol mix (from CSR). Some people are very down on biofuels.
i think because fuel made from heavily subsidised US crops like corn is not economic
I don't think that is the case with sugar cane but i don't know for sure
Howard does not tax the ethonol as much as straight gas(38c a litre +GST on top of that. It is a very inflationary tax when you live in a continent where everything is 1,000K from everything else)
the Germans are investing in the biggest bio-energy (methane) digester in the world.
You would think that the Germans, being German, would have it all sorted before spending money
Growing Crops for Fuel: Thanksgiving in the Gas Tank - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
They are already the ? largest producer of solar panels in the world
Hopefully a title that might come to Australian scientists with their new
Sliver (not a typo) Cell Tecnology.
If they can solve mass production method problems. it looks tricky (show was on "Catalyst" might still be on ABC on -line)
