Plugin hybrids may save gas but lead to wasting water
ScienceNow: Efforts to wean America's automobiles off gasoline are running into the law of unintended consequences. Methanol wears out engine components, and corn-based ethanol has squeezed corn supplies. Even bypassing liquid fuel altogether may be problematic: New research suggests that flooding the roads with plug-in vehicles could cause a significant, though potentially manageable, drain on regional water sources.
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Weaning this addicted nation off of oil is not as easy as people make it appear. This whole country is going to have to go through a gestalt shift proportional to when we put a man on the moon. Every agency must be dedicated to it or we are just going to see a mish mash of hooey.
Posted by: Jeff Olson | March 13, 2008 8:43 PM