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To: aft_lizard
Are you saying they don’t use all of the energy input to come up with there ratio?

Not when you are discussing fossil fuel ratio. By definition, it does not include inputs from items like electric power generated by nuclear, hydro or wind.

The department of energy produced their own brochure using data from Center for Transportation Research and Argonne National Laboratory.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/program/ethanol_brochure_color.pdf

They show the difference of total energy (left side below) ratio versus fossil fuel (center below) ratio.

When you look at the total energy needed to produce the fuel, the dept of energy claims it takes more to produce it than the fuel contains.

This brochure and other information is available at:

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center,Ethanol Energy Balance
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ethanol/balance.html

31 posted on 05/12/2008 7:50:18 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Then I fail to see your disagreement with me, at all. Your argument belongs with some one else.


32 posted on 05/12/2008 9:27:46 AM PDT by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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