[thackney]

It takes 1.23MM BTU of fossil energy to produce 1MM BTU of gasoline.

A little math shows how ridiculous this claim is.

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[LeGrande]

It takes 1.23MM BTU of fossil energy to produce 1MM BTU of gasoline.

A little math shows how ridiculous this claim is.

You are forgetting that 1.00MM BTU of the 1.23MM BTU is the delivered product itself. The article is very misleading and disingenuous at best. It doesn't include the 1.00MM BTU of the Ethanol because it isn't a 'fossil' fuel.

The article is using the worst case scenario for gasoline, heavy crude probably produced in Russia, refined in Texas and trucked to Nome, Alaska.(I made up that example) It is also using the most optimistic projections for Ethanol, based on what they might be able to achieve.

I believe that we have the same point of view on this subject.