Re: Smithey Ironware

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Mike Duffy wrote:

On 2024-11-08, D wrote:
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the EU socialists want to forbid ICE vehicles aroun 2035.
I think they will have a hard crash with reality and be
forced to postpone it, but you never know.

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Corn, rice, potato, &c based alcohols are technically zero-carbon
as plants extract atmospheric carbon-dioxide to produce them.
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Thus, all(?) we need to do is re-tune internal combustion
engines to use agri-alcohols and we can break China's
monopoly on rare earth elements they enjoy which are
needed both for power storage and the electric motors.

This might be true, but I think that since there are alternatives like gasoline, it is not good to use food, thereby driving up the price of food. Surely there are better options than corn, rice and potatoes?