Why can't we do this in hawaii,sugar based ethanol

[JerryCarr]

Wow, Carey, your research is thorough! The refinery processes are indeed a big hurdle, as are the land and labor issues here in Hawaii. If oil prices go high enough, long enough, some of the economics could change, but there will be no going back to farming a lot of land that has been converted to other use. I have a Mazda pickup that is engineered to run on a range of fuel blends of ethanol and gasoline, and I would love to try it on ethanol. We will have to wait and see if I ever get the chance.

Aloha, Jerry