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[was StockSniper]

Great post Midas.
I agree...bio fuels are not the ultimate answer any more than hybrid cars are.....but they both will help.
I don't think we will ever be able to power large trucks or trains by hydrogen due to the extreme amount of power they would need....so I think bio fuels will always have a place.
I'm also hopeful about hydrogen but the time when we can produce it economically is way off.
Yes...hydrogen can be extracted from water or natural gas but the cost in terms of the fossil fuel used to produce hydrogen makes it impractical. The cost in dollars also makes hydrogen impractical. Economies of scale are not going to change this.
There is a company called nanologix that is producing hydrogen from algae. This a totally clean way to produce hydrogen...but it remains to be scene if they can produce the quantities we will need?
For passenger cars I don't think bio fuels are ever going to be practical....in fact I think elec. cars are going to be the answer. Battery technology is advancing very fast and is cheaper and less complex than fuel cell vehicles.
All that said, I think bio fuels will have a place in our world for a long time to come. Large trucks, home heating, fueling trains, perhaps as an alternative to coal power plants and use in manufacturing plants.
Hopefully some day we can do away with burning anything to produce heat and power and we will no longer need bio fuels...but that is way down the line. For now bio fuels are a big step in the right direction.