[Rhodes22-list] Winter Semester, 2004 @ SVSU - The NerdyAdventure Contin...

[Ronald Lipton]

I just saw an article on this.  A Cornell prof. who analysed ethanol
production
initially claimed that 70% more energy is used to produce ethanol than it
contains.  After some back and forth with industry consultants he revised
the
number to 29%.  It's a high stakes political game, as the recent energy bill
showed.
A bill with many provisions distasteful to the Democrats was supported by
the Democratic representatives from the farm states.

Ron
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> Roger,
> Question? Is alcohol made from corn a viable energy source? It seems to me
> that it takes more energy to produce the stuff than is realized from it's
> production. Figuring in the costs of the farmer in energy to plant and
harvest (not
> to mention the gov't subsidies to plant it) and dry and store and then
turn it
> into alcohol, it seems like a losing battle.
>
> Rummy
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