Ethanol
There is a lot of concern about the environment in the recent past. We always hear about how greenhouse gases are changing global weather patterns and raising havoc with temperatures worldwide. The oceans seem to be rising with the earths warming and are causing major portions of some countries to lose land mass. We are currently looking for ways to reduce our consumption of carbon based fuels.
Many people believe that Ethanol is a good way to accomplish this goal. I myself am not so sure about that. It seems to me that we use almost as much energy to make Ethanol as it takes to use regular gas and oil. The land use issue of growing corn for gas has caused a worldwide increase in food prices. I cannot say what the answer to this problem is, but I do hope that we can find a way to solve it!