[frgoff]

We can do this by taking the world off the petroleum standard and putting it on an alcohol standard.

Sophistry. The alcohol standard is no different than the hydrogen standard. Both are manufactured fuels, except that alcohol is even less efficient than hydrogen. At least with hydrogen, you can crack it from water using nuclear power. All alcohol is is sunlight processed through a highly inefficient clorophyll manufacturing process.

[El Gato]

All alcohol is is sunlight processed through a highly inefficient clorophyll manufacturing process

So is oil. And it's a slow process, renewable only if you don't use it up faster than it accumulates.