Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Garbage into gas

Living in a generation striving for a “green” America, a few brave souls have been aiming to formulate a new shade of “green”, and might I suggest a murky shade of “green”. Although supported by a limited number of pioneering industries, future innovators have begun proposing initiatives to create motor fuel from garage. Fulcrum Bioenergy was reported in the Times to say, “it would start construction later this year on a $120 million dollar plant at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial center” and committing to “make 10.5 million gallons of ethanol a year from 90,000 tons of garbage.” These modern entrepreneurial corporations have envisioned something revolutionary to live up to. But hindering those aspirations is the uncertainty of who will fund the venture. It is really sad that potential corporations have “dreams may be bigger than their bank accounts” and also shouldn’t just count on hopes“ They are counting on billions in taxpayer subsidies”. For this reason federal government is not the most charitable because most of the companies have only the potential to create garbage fuels. Little has been achieved as far as its completion. However if the company has produced a successful batch it must next develop a cost efficient method of producing mass quantities, meant to reach automobile gas tanks everywhere. Yet, the federal government has shown a spirited desire to help get plants off the ground by offering grants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24fuel.html?pagewanted=1

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