I'll agree with you that it still takes fossil fuels to grow corn...sure. But by the same reasoning busses shouldn't run because they are less efficient.
I think the legitimate breakthrough could come during the implimentation when the farmers create the fuel cells that the rest of us use. Same sort of reasoning as taking the bus to work, I suppose. Sure, buses are less clean but more people are in them.
I think that in the end it could be a good thing and you'll notice I said 'could' a lot.
The real question will become do you think that these researchers will give the blueprints to the reactor away allowing the farmers to prosper, the earth becoming cleaner, the reliance on fossil fuels lessened, and basically take humankind a step forward or will they patent it so that a few will get rich if some company can make money off of it and stall the whole process.
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I'll agree with you that it still takes fossil fuels to grow corn...sure. But by the same reasoning busses shouldn't run because they are less efficient.
I think the legitimate breakthrough could come during the implimentation when the farmers create the fuel cells that the rest of us use. Same sort of reasoning as taking the bus to work, I suppose. Sure, buses are less clean but more people are in them.
I think that in the end it could be a good thing and you'll notice I said 'could' a lot.
The real question will become do you think that these researchers will give the blueprints to the reactor away allowing the farmers to prosper, the earth becoming cleaner, the reliance on fossil fuels lessened, and basically take humankind a step forward or will they patent it so that a few will get rich if some company can make money off of it and stall the whole process.
I predict the later.