Investing in real estate you can live on, or in cars or appliances or other durable property you can make use of — these methods
build wealth by giving you something you can use in the future without spending
additional liquid funds.
If Oregon, and the Northwest, truly wants a domestic - as in local - and renewable fuel source, we should be looking to
build a cellulosic ethanol industry using waste from the large Northwest forestry and agriculture sectors to produce our
liquid fuels (and a bit of electricity) as well as
additional electricity from the Northwest's diverse and abundant renewable energy sources to power the electric component of a plug - in hybrid flex fuel fleet.