OT of an OT: Ethanol

[Phoenix-D]

geoschmo said:
The most fascinating aspect of biofuels for me is the possiblilty of decentralizing the production of vehicle fuel. Even if he could get his hands on a barrel of crude, the average joe can't turn it into gasoline in his shed. But small scale ethanol and alcohol fuel production might actually be feasible. Maybe someday the gas station won't need to have trucks delivering gas, cause they'll be destilling there own ethanol from local waste biomass that people are more then happy to drop off rather then pay to take it to the landfill.

Not unless people always drive a lot less. I can see regional production happening, but local? Not likely. Your average gas station would need to produce 5,000 gallons or so *per day*, which they just don't have the room (or, likely, the waste) for..