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Maybe that's what makes me an old fart--I do still trust science. Government plus science can be a troublesome mix, as can capitalism and science, or marketing and science. But science is neutral, and can be used [triumphant strings] as a force--for good![/strings].

There's a lot of good stuff in the article, and obviously much of what's listed did already exist at publication time. But please, can I have the Army Spread that melts in at a slightly lower temperature, please?

I forgot to add that the writer was quite on target with much of his article, but one point that was "just around the corner" remains "just around the corner", tantalizingly so: sugar from cellulose. That's the new holy grail of renewable fuels. Brazil is energy independent because they're refining sugar cane into ethanol. We're pressing hard for corn, because we can get the sugar from that plant the easiest in the volumes that can be practical for fuel consumption.

When the woody parts of the plants can be converted into sugar, the biofuel production will really really take off. And it will likely not be corn or sugar cane, but grass.