fewer carbon emissions...
Untill you add up the giant diesel powered machines that prep, plant, spray, harvest, and process all that corn.
Then it dosn't sound so great.
Not to mention the massive decrease in fuel mileage, the huge wear on fuel systems not designed to run this shit.
Think about this when you factor in my "carbon footprint" (god that term is so fucking gay.)
If 10% ethanol produces say to be fair.. 5% less emissions than straight gasoline, but I get 20% worse mileage, wouldn't I be producing 15% more emissions due to the amount of this worthless piss I have to burn?
Yeah, we need to reduce our use of oil. Got it.
Start importing the small diesel cars from europe that get 80MPG
and lets not worry about the completely void of life baron wasteland around the nickel mines that gets the nickel for hybrid cars batteries.
Lets not worry about disposing of all those batteries after their shelf life is used up.
Get these fucking soccer moms off their cell phones and let them drop off their 1 90 pound whore of a daughter in an Aveo or Civic instead of a fucking diesel excursion that gets 4MPG cause the dumb bitch cant drive and wants to "feel safe"
Open your eyes to the fact that there is a hell of a lot more impact when building a car then driving it, breaking all of the information down, for material production, shipping, etc. the Prius is worse on the environment than an H2.
The Recorder
The answer doesn't lie in land killing nickel batteries or in using more fuel to make a new shittier fuel. It lies in making current technology better. The super fuel efficient small diesel euros are a great example, the park your 9000 pound monster SUV and buy a small car that does the same job is another good idea. nuclear power is another that would reduce emissions HUGELY.
And before anyone starts on my vette, #1, its not my daily driver, it gets driven about 3k a year, my daily driver is a 2.2 4cyl. And 2, the vette gets 19 city (when I try at it, 17 is more average) 28 highway.