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rockhillmanor
Aug 06, 2014Explorer
SWMO wrote:
The dirty secret is said to be that it takes more energy to produce ethanol than ethanol produces.Apparently once the tractor is gassed up it's down hill from there. Bolivia, I believe it is, relies heavily on ethanol, but they use sugar cane that is a byproduct of sugar production.
I watched a presentation in my farming area on alternatives to corn/ethanol. Very interesting how many other alternatives there are to corn.
Switch grass. Greener, cleaner, and cheaper.
Here is an article on it. Note the date 2008.
Yup, promises from the gov to fund.....and never happens because it would work.
..."Cellulosic ethanol contains more net energy and emits significantly fewer greenhouse gases than ethanol made from corn."...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/grass-makes-better-ethanol-than-corn/
The bigger America gets the harder it is for the citizens to have a say on what we want and what IS better for the earth.
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