In Europe, a few organizations are starting to produce ethanol from waste. What doesn’t make sense to me is that we already burn waste to generate electricity. So, why would we take the extra step to refine waste to make ethanol? It seems that the best solution is to invest in better energy storage systems so that electric cars and other machinery can operate off the electrical grid. I do, however, applaud efforts to turn a waste stream into energy.

In addition, as the video states, there are a lot of detrimental byproducts from burning ethanol. Overall, I don’t think that ethanol is the solution for energy sustainability in the future. What are your thoughts?