The heat is on. Fox News special review

[Wes ManTooth]

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4) How ethanol is a NET ENERGY LOSER


Care to elaborate further?

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http://tinyurl.com/aque9


and from journals

http://tinyurl.com/duygt


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Originally ethanol production may have been a net loser, older plants that used oil and coal may have been. Newer ethanol plants are much more energy efficient, I think that it is a misconception that all ethanol is produced at a net energy lose. If various forms of ethanol production increases because of demand, overall production will continue to become more effective.

Current research prepared by Argonne National Laboratory (a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory), indicates a 38% gain in the overall energy input/output equation for the corn-to-ethanol process. That is, if 100 BTUs of energy is used to plant corn, harvest the crop, transport it, etc., 138 BTUs of energy is available in the fuel ethanol. Corn yields and processing technologies have improved significantly over the past 20 years and they continue to do so, making ethanol production less and less energy intensive.


granted this link is to an ethanol site
many links against ethanol production are related to oil industry such as this one


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You lazy bum. Maybe you should work for Fox News. :-P Oh well, atleast you are asking questions.

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