One of the environmental saviors that has been promoted in recent years is cellulosic biomass - alcohol derived from plant wastes, like corn stalks, wood slash, and other nonfood material. The idea was to produce methanol from what would otherwise be waste material, and use the methanol as fuel, replacing petroleum and ensuring domestic energy security.
It hasn't happened, and this story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution shows how difficult it will be to achieve the ambitious targets that Congress set for cellulosic fuel. There's no reason it can't happen in the future, and we hope they'll keep trying, but this debacle underscores the need to keep mining coal and drilling for gas.
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