Dreamy ...very dreamy

Not that anybody is STILL interested in biofuel ...but since this is from the National Geographic and chock full of good descriptions of the process, I thought I'd include it.

In its own way it gives a very balanced view of turning food into fuel ...but only if you keep in mind the title, Green Dreams.

The author is concentrating on the dreams and the dreamers behind the push to bring efficiency to biofuel process. So much so that you could get caught up in all the blue skies. Every few graphs, though, the author tries to bring the readers back to earth but you'll have to keep your head about you to notice.

Lurking throughout the article, however, is the tolerance that dare not speak it's name: the petro industry's lack of a challenge to this "alternative" fuel ...as long as it is based on a petroleum intensive process. My suspicion has always been that as soon as biofuel starts to be based on non-petroleum thirsty plants, look for all government support to be withdrawn and for Big Oil's claws to come out.

Another barely-under-the-radar aspect of this good read is the reoccurring mention of how this could all be consigned to the scrapheap the same day that the price of oil drops below a certain, probably never-to-be-seen-again level. That screams volumes not about government support but rather the lack of yanqui will to anything about what burning fossil fuels is doing to everyone.