That gets us to the fraud of renewables -- they depend on fossil fuels. The heavy machinery used to produce corn ethanol, the tractors, corn-pickers, and such, all use fossil fuels; there are no electric versions as yet. (Rapier touches on this in the above link.) So, a farmer must use fossil fuels to produce a non-fossil fuel. Biofuels can’t exist without fossil fuels, at least not yet. (Actually, petroleum is a biofuel; the “bio” is ancient plankton. Geologists don’t think that abiogenic oil can account for what’s in the world’s vast oil fields.)
Not to mentions the vast amounts of energy required to manufacture said farm equipment, fertilizer (thanks pootski) and associated components etc., etc., etc.
So, just how many dinosaurs and planktons had to die to supply the vast amount of oil available.(which may never be used) Hocus Pocus eco assclowns. And the boat grrrrrreta sailed in on!
The carburetor cleaning kit industry loves ethanol. LOL
A few years back, a flotilla of protesting kayakers surrounded an oil drilling platform that was passing through Puget Sound. Somebody commented that their kayaks, apparel, helmets and practically everything that kept them afloat were petroleum products. Not to mention how they transported themselves and their gear to the water’s edge. It would’ve been interesting to ask them if they were willing to give all of that, and their standard of living, up for their cause. Or if they had given it any thought at all.
Ethanol has about one-third less energy than does gasoline. So cars using ethanol get fewer miles per gallon. Flex-fuel vehicles that use E85 get up to 27 percent fewer miles per gallon.
When I drive in town at lower speeds and energy demand, I get about the same mpg whether ethanol (e85) or not. The original promotion of ethanol was a small economy car, going around a level track at 35 mph. They both got the same mpg.
Down the road at 65, larger engine, the 27% fewer miles kicks in.
Again, comparing e85 or e10 or e15? Get the facts. Evidence is ethanol does help control some pollution in the big city and even in the rural areas. Perfect, NO.
But people don’t want facts and information. They want a simple problem with a simple answer. One size fits all and the govt is more than willing to provide.
The author is an uniformed idiot, i.e. typical of the kind of crap that gets published these days. Advances in modern agriculture (which he obviously know nothing about) have made the US the greatest producer of food and fiber in the world through decades (a century, actually) of advances in crop science which had nothing to do with any genetic modifications so his heart need not be troubled. Coronary disease from sitting on his ass writing blogcrap will get him long before corn does.