[greasepaint]

do you know how to read?

--> LIQUID <-- energy gain is more than

TEN to ONE.

the rest is coal-etc, that cost pennies.

[thackney]

do you know how to read?

Apply those comments to yourself first. Your initial claim of liquid energy 10/1 was to a comment that didn't limit the energy comparison to only the portion that makes ethanol look good.

the rest is coal-etc, that cost pennies.

And Natural Gas (directly as well as electricity) and nuclear and other resource they are not giving away. Pennies, well lots and lots of pennies.

If the process is so cheap and great, why does it take government mandates and subsidies?