Reverend Wright: 4,281

John Hagee: 408

Douglas Coe: 23

(I didn’t bother with Tate since Bush Sr.’s not running for president)

That being said, both you and Gavin are right. Biodiesel, regardless of the source, is street legal. Straight vegetable oil, however, isn’t and is at a “use at your own risk” stage in development. Theoretically, it can be used in diesel engines with a few modifications, but it’s generally not advised.

As for the whole “biofuels are worse for the environment than petro” thing, especially when talking about farmland and whatnot, it’s almost completely because they’re going about it all wrong. As Gavin mentioned, algae has been a consideration for oil production for a while. And for good reason. It produces something like 200 times more oil than corn does. In fact, corn and soy are the worst sources of oil. Algae can also grow pretty much anywhere and in large amounts without much effort or even space. Trying to use corn for oil production is about like trying to use trees as a water source. Keep in mind, too, that farmer’s bane isn’t lack of supply, it’s lack of demand. There are government subsidies in place to keep various crops at or above a certain price.

You then also have the issue of using only one source for fuel. Bad idea. That’s what got us into this mess to begin with. We have to be able to use more than one source (in other words, the whole corn/soy thing would not only be disastrous on an environmental level, but also on an economic level).

On a side note, flex-fuel hybrids do great on biofuels, coming in at an average of about 100 mpg, with some models getting upwards of 200 mpg.