Of the new energy bill:
The bill requires a massive increase in the production of ethanol for motor fuels, outlining a rampup of ethanol use from the roughly 6 billion gallons this year to 36 billion gallons by 2022. After 2015, the emphasis would be on expanded use of cellulosic ethanol, made from such feedstock as switchgrass and wood chips, with two thirds of the ethanol — 21 billion gallons a year — from such non-corn sources.
However, commercially viable production of cellulosic ethanol has yet to be proven…
Viability means nothing when there’s a government mandate at the foundation.
I hope the heroes in Washington outlaw gravity, next, or maybe friction.
UPDATE [2007-12-19 13:35] And not to oversell it or anything…
“It is a national security issue, it is an economic issue, it is an environmental issue, and therefore a health issue,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “It is an energy issue, and it is an moral issue.”
