Why doesn't George Bush encourage incentives for oil companies to build more refining capacity? I voted for a genuine Texas Awlbidnessman, complete with cowboy boots, with just such a hope in mind.
I don't want to be rude,
But there sure is plenty of crude
the Whole Awl Bidness be out of kilter
Just because the big boys play too rough
won't filter enough of that stuff
To keep the price low;
the economy on the go
Gettin' more combustion out of domestic production.
Hydrogen gas has tremendous potential as an environmentally acceptable energy carrier for vehicles, but most hydrogen is generated from nonrenewable fossil fuels such as natural gas. Here, we show that efficient and sustainable hydrogen production is possible from any type of biodegradable organic matter by electrohydrogenesis. In this process, protons and electrons released by exoelectrogenic bacteria in specially designed reactors (based on modifying microbial fuel cells) are catalyzed to form hydrogen gas through the addition of a small voltage to the circuit. By improving the materials and reactor architecture, hydrogen gas was produced at yields of 2.01–3.95 mol/mol (50–99% of the theoretical maximum) at applied voltages of 0.2 to 0.8 V using acetic acid, a typical dead-end product of glucose or cellulose fermentation. At an applied voltage of 0.6 V, the overall energy efficiency of the process was 288% based solely on electricity applied, and 82% when the heat of combustion of acetic acid was included in the energy balance, at a gas production rate of 1.1 m3 of H2 per cubic meter of reactor per day. Direct high-yield hydrogen gas production was further demonstrated by using glucose, several volatile acids (acetic, butyric, lactic, propionic, and valeric), and cellulose at maximum stoichiometric yields of 54–91% and overall energy efficiencies of 64–82%. This electrohydrogenic process thus provides a highly efficient route for producing hydrogen gas from renewable and carbon-neutral biomass resources.
The link says the pdf is free. IIRC, goats were taking care of the kudzu in Tennessee.