Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Steve Lamb wrote in Article <[🔎] 45F77184.6080403@dmiyu.org> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Why not just go bioethanol in a larger percentage year round?  Portland
>> is,
>> and it might go statewide by the end of the session.  Gasoline sales are
>> banned here for the better.
> 
> Probably because to produce 1 gallon of bio you need to use 1 gallon
> of gasoline.  It's completely 0-sum right now.

I'm not sure I follow, but even if that's the case, *someone* has to take
the initiative and get the economy of scale going or it's not going to
improve.