[george76]

131,000 BTUs are needed to make one gallon of ethanol. One gallon of ethanol has an energy value of only 77,000 BTUS.

Thus, 70 percent more energy is required to produce ethanol than the energy that actually is in it.

Every time you make one gallon of ethanol, there is a net energy loss of 54,000 BTUs.

[george76]

If it takes one gallon of gas to make one gallon of worthless ethanol, then this game does nothing for our dependency on arab oil