[Sca-cooks] OT & OOP: Greasecar?

[Johnna Holloway]

Being the farmer's daughter that I am (with a minor farm income even) 
modern USDA farm policy does NOT pay people not to grow crops. This is a 
myth. It is possible that
farmers in the arid west will in fact sell their water rights in the
future and not plant,
but that's water policy and land use policy-- not farm policy.
Also having soybean surpluses here at home now does not factor in the 
eventual likelihood that the US will in the future be importing most of 
its soybeans from Brazil because soybeans grown in Brazil are cheaper!
Don't talk about used vegetable oils replacing gas or diesel-- think 
hydrogen.
And yes, nuclear does remain a viable technology with the generation IV
reactors  being designed right now and they will be built just like the 
generation 3.5 reactors in Asia where they are building even now in 
Japan and Korea. ( I'm
also the wife of an actual professor in Nuclear Engineering.)

Johnnae

Terry Decker wrote:

>Once upon a time, nuclear energy was an "alternative, sustainable energy
>source."  It still is for that matter, but the side issues are a real dream
>killer.
>
>Bear
>
>>My theory is...The US is one of the largest producers of vegetable
>>oil, if not THE largest, we are paying the farmers to not plant
>>crops because there is such a surplus...so why not promote this as
>>an alternative, sustainable energy source? It would also keep the
>>used oil out of the environment, in a way. Instead of regular and
>>premium, you can have new or recycled.
>>
>>Ysabeau,