Thursday, April 07, 2005

do what I think, not what I say

More facts on the source of the Geo-Greens fevered imaginations -

- via FTD, Blowing Smoke On Gas Savings:
Mr. Boot and Mr. Zakaria clearly lifted this 500 mpg line from the same source. Mr. Boot says it came from "Set America Free, a group set up by R. James Woolsey, Frank Gaffney and other national security hawks." This group was "organized by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)."
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The bad science begins by treating electricity and ethanol as if they were energy sources producible without any energy use. To arrive at a figure like 500 mpg, just fill your tank with a mix of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline -- but then count only that 15 percent against "miles per gallon."

Alan Reynolds hates fantasy, bully for him. Not sure what he thinks about science fiction. As for reality, I would say he has a good grasp.

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