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Other than sugarcane there is not another viable product that can make Ethanol in a way that gives out substantially more energy than is put in.

Get rid of corn based ethanol and our food and energy inflation rate will subside.

Biodiesel from trash is a far better option. Problem is it is really hard to make a few people rich when you are making fuel from garbage.]]>Feb 21st 2008 8:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.motherearthnews.com/Renewable-Energy/2007-12-01/Solar-is-the-Solution.aspx ]]>Feb 21st 2008 11:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 8:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/
"The studies show that switchgrass, an alternative to ethanol that's more weed than plant, would boost emissions by 50%."]]>Feb 21st 2008 10:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/
I never can believe why anyone would say that an Oil company won't invest in a new product because it'll cut into their profits. They are a company with shareholders. They won't be dumb enough to tie themselves to a dying product, but would switch to an alternative. That's where the company part of the equation switches on.
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Cellulose ethanol suffers the same fate; besides, it's just another "promising technology" that is nowhere near maturity on the scale that we need.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 1:10AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 8:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/
The input is measured from everything from the diesel fuel used to plow the fields to the fuel used by sixteen wheelers to transport corn to the fermentation factory. That is measured directly against the straight caloric energy content in petroleum fuel. However, this disregards the fact that petrol also takes an amazing amount of energy to expunge from the soil, especially being that this oil are in places that are difficult to get to (geographically and politically). Hence, the direct comparisons between ethanol and oil and the energy it takes to deliver to the consumer is an incomplete picture.]]>Feb 21st 2008 11:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 24th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 8:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 22nd 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/
Corn is an awful solution. It's extremely inefficient to make compared to even other ethanol fuels. It also doesn't have the same combustive efficiency so you pretty much need to use more of it. It may be renewable but your carbon footprint is not going to decrease, and according to Science may even increase due to corn.]]>Feb 21st 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/Feb 21st 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/21/science-magazine-declares-ethanol-worse-for-the-earth-than-fossi/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol#Combustion

really? ethanol reduces your carbon footprint? how? since ethanol is less dense (energy-wise) than gasoline, you need to burn more of it to travel the same distance in your car.]]>Feb 21st 2008 10:51PM