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Biofuels Meltdown : /p> p>While I agree with pretty much everything in Mr. Tucker's piece, he fails to address one potential source of biofuel: algae. According to various articles I have seen, algae, requiring only water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight, can be grown virtually anywhere, would require the destruction of no cropland or wilderness areas (the current plans are to use giant plastic bags in the desert or possible even in urban areas) and could use the carbon dioxide given off by conventional fossil fuel power plants (or other sources -- one experimental facility uses the carbon dioxide given off by a brewery). Given this, and the fact that by one estimate we would need only an area roughly the size of New Mexico to produce enough algae to power the entire U.S. transportation fleet, it would seem that this is one biofuel that has real potential. I realize that this is still in the developmental stage, but is there an algae-as-biofuel killer problem out there that I'm unfamiliar with? br> -- Scott C. Pandich br> Oneonta, New York /p> p> One of the most reliable ideas modern-day America can depend on is this: facts never impede activism. If that were not true, who could explain why we choose to burn food to make fuel? br> -- Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p> p> Why do we even worry about who is going to be the next president? If a guy like Jimmy Carter can't ruin this country, no one can. br> --

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