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To: chaosagent
It takes more energy to plant, fertilize, harvest, and refine the corn into ethanol than you get from burning the ethanol in your car.

Who said anything about corn? Sugar would be a much better choice...

And if you don't like ethanol, then use biodiesel. That stuff seems to work rather well.
28 posted on 08/17/2005 11:51:22 AM PDT by JamesP81
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To: JamesP81

then use biodiesel. That stuff seems to work rather well"

Yes it does. Bet Crisco would love a multi-billion dollar contract for veggie oil and we would all be paying $1.00 a gallon for it retail. Only need real gas or deisel blend to warm up the engine. A company in Conneticut sells the converter kit to do just that for around $800. Real problem is that we are super busy or lazy and most of us don't want to bother to go down to the local Mcdonalds or Chinese place to fill up for free. Some people do not know these alternatives are beginning to exist.


76 posted on 08/17/2005 3:11:35 PM PDT by quantfive
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