I just saw this article, titled "Fruit could make 'powerful fuel'":  
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6224846.stm>  It made me wonder,  
are we in for more of this kind of stupidity?

I'm already aware of corn-based biofuels.  These seem to be a mixed  
blessing.  On the one hand, they are going to destroy unimaginable  
amounts of land, but on the other, the corn being used for biofuels  
is not being used for feedlotting.  This is putting the cost of meat  
up, but at least it means the food is better quality (at least in  
parts of the world where biofuels are grown).  Obviously it's bad in  
the long run, but I thought it was ironic that there was an upside.

Does anyone else here have a horrible feeling that we are rapidly  
heading for a disaster?  Pretty much every other civilisation that  
has come and gone farmed itself into oblivion.  Are we going to be  
the next in the quest to keep our cars running?

Ashley