bio-foolishness?

Given South Africa's drought stricken climate it is no surprise that our farmers are inveterate gamblers, nor that -- being gamblers -- they are attracted to the idea of producing bio fuel from maize and other crops. If farmers want to risk everything on a maize crop to provide feedstock, that's their lookout, but they should take a good look at what is happening in the United States before hocking the family farm. The latest news is that an American alternative fuels company is close to commercializing technology to make bio-gasoline fuels from algae or animal fats, and to produce transportation fuels identical to petroleum jet fuel, diesel and petrol. Translated, that means they are not producing ethanol to mix with traditional petrol but the real thing.