> >>  Louisiana has figured out that ethanol from corn is an inefficient
> >> stupid process and produced legislation to back it.
> >> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-ethanol.html
> >>  Now if the rest of the states can follow.
> >> Farm lobby by d$*^#d. No more corn subsidies..

> > Damn right. Corn is a relatively poor feedstock for bio-fuel production..
> > Not
> > maybe useless but far from ideal.

> >>   And what about Butanol.

> >> From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol_fuel

> >> Butanol better tolerates water contamination and is less corrosive than
> >> ethanol and more suitable for distribution through existing pipelines
> >> (important to an efficient use MK)

> >> High octane rating .

> >> Higher specific energy than ethanol

> >> The feedstocks are the same as for ethanol: energy crops such as sugar
> >> beets, sugar cane, corn grain, wheat and cassava as well as agricultural
> >> byproducts such as straw and corn stalks (reference needed).

> > And currently being developed in the UK using sugar beet as feedstock.

>  I wonder if there is any extra energy input to produce butanol instead of
> ethanol? I t seems silly to make ethanol when butanol has all these
> advantages.