On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:24:48 GMT, "Dave Lyon"
wrote:

Burning corn is thought to be CO2 neutral. Yes, it produces CO2 when you
burn it, but it consumes CO2 when you grow it.
Nearly anything carbon based can be gasified, including coal, and wood, and
grass. But, the process is very expensive.

All this talk of making Ethanol by fermentation when Methanol
you can get with a bit of simple heating ...

BTW, That "super yeast" might reduce costs for Ethanol a little
as less water needs to be removed via distillation.
--
Cliff