Zubrin Article - Energy Independence

> Thank you for your illumination Arthur. As a public service, I think
> someone with a good handle on the facts should respond to Zubrin's
> article (on his Mars Society website?) and try to point out these
> shortcomings in his assertions.

If you know a specific place to send it, I could.

However, given the response to Bush's State of the Union speech, which
greatly raised the profile of ethanol and biomass solutions, I think the
issues are getting a pretty good public airing. Patzek from Berkely was
talking about the net-energy problem for ethanol on National Public
Radio, this morning, for instance.

Arthur