I’ve been telling folks for years the only thing that is going to increase the usage of “Green” technologies is simple supply and demand. Many of us pions have not caught up to the chosen few who believe that we are capable of saving the planet. We can’t even balance a budget, but we can save a planet.
The state of Georgia has recently been slapped with a little reality in the area of biofuels.
“Four years later, the state’s alternative energy future is hobbled. Southwest Georgia Ethanol, the corn-to-fuel factory in Camilla, filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. Range Fuels, the state’s prized cellulosic (i.e. not corn) ethanol factory in Soperton, closed its doors in January.
Biodiesel plants in Atlanta, Rome, Perry and beyond have either curtailed or ceased production. Today, Georgia only boasts a few unsexy wood pellet factories.
Visions of an alternative fuel Mecca remain foggy even after local, state and federal agencies pumped tens of millions of tax dollars into two dozen biomass ventures.”
Okay, now read this next part…
“Expectations were too high and people promised things they just couldn’t deliver,” said Sam Shelton, research director for Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute. “Renewable fuels are not going to make big, rapid growth without a lot of energy policy and mandates from the state and federal governments.”
In other words, green technologies like biofuel production has to be mandated by government in order to work. Who cares what you think?
