To: from occupied ga
If ethanol were a net energy producer (and it's not) you could run the whole process on ethanol with some left over.
Who says you can't?
39 posted on
08/29/2006 6:14:39 AM PDT by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: P-40
Dr. Tad Patzek, a petroleum and chemical engineer at UC Berkeley, has researched this question. He has carefully studied the amount of energy consumed in producing ethanol versus the amount of energy produced.
"Ethanol production from corn is a fossil-energy-losing proposition," Patzek told the Canadian National Farmer's Union:
49 posted on
08/29/2006 6:20:45 AM PDT by
hurly
(A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds!)
To: P-40
Who says you can't?Pimental does. See link in post #66
71 posted on
08/29/2006 6:38:11 AM PDT by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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