Max,

Here is the figures from the Dept of Ag;
These figure are for Corn Cellular is even better, with less emissions

Ethanol; working now

Ethanol has a positive energy balance, meaning the ethanol yields more
energy than it takes to produce it. It is an efficient fuel made through
an efficient process.
It takes less than 35,000 BTUs of energy to turn corn into ethanol,
while the ethanol offers at least 77,000 BTUs of energy. Ethanol's
energy balance is clearly positive.
Research studies from a variety of sources have found ethanol to have a
positive net energy balance. The most recent, by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, shows that ethanol provides an average net energy gain of
at least 77%.

One faulty, outdated study shows ethanol's net energy balance to be
negative. That research uses fundamentally flawed, decades old data that
is not valid considering today's efficiencies in agriculture and in
ethanol

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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Max,

Here is the figures from the Dept of Ag;
These figure are for Corn Cellular is even better, with less emissions

Ethanol; working now

Ethanol has a positive energy balance, meaning the ethanol yields more
energy than it takes to produce it. It is an efficient fuel made through
an efficient process.
It takes less than 35,000 BTUs of energy to turn corn into ethanol,
while the ethanol offers at least 77,000 BTUs of energy. Ethanol's
energy balance is clearly positive.
Research studies from a variety of sources have found ethanol to have a
positive net energy balance. The most recent, by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, shows that ethanol provides an average net energy gain of
at least 77%.

One faulty, outdated study shows ethanol's net energy balance to be
negative. That research uses fundamentally flawed, decades old data that
is not valid considering today's efficiencies in agriculture and in
ethanol

Logic would presume that ultimately a compendium of different methods of
producing ethanol will be utilized, all with some degree of success. Like
it or not, ethanol is coming, and it will be the predominant source of fuel
for automobiles at some time in the future. Unlike petroleum, it is
renewable and meets at least some of the requirements of a cleaner-emission
fuel. Ethanol's detractors better get used to it.

Max

"Maxprop" wrote in message nk.net...
| | Logic would presume that ultimately a compendium of different methods of
| producing ethanol will be utilized, all with some degree of success. Like
| it or not, ethanol is coming, and it will be the predominant source of fuel
| for automobiles at some time in the future. Unlike petroleum, it is
| renewable and meets at least some of the requirements of a cleaner-emission
| fuel. Ethanol's detractors better get used to it.
|
| Max


IDIOT!

Ethanol has only about 60% of the BTUs that gasoline has. Not only that, but
it costs about 200% more to produce than gasoline. So, instead of paying
three bucks a gallon for gas and going thirty miles on a gallon you're gonna
pay six bucks a gallon and go only twenty miles on a gallon? Sure you are....

So many folks --- so few who can frame a rational thought.

Paladin

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"Paladin" noneofyourbusiness.www wrote:

So many folks --- so few who can frame a rational thought.

You are sooooo correct! Capt. Neal is one of them...

HTH,

LP

"Lady Pilot" wrote in message news:vxUbg.13229$8q.10897@dukeread08...
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| "Paladin" noneofyourbusiness.www wrote:
|
| So many folks --- so few who can frame a rational thought.
|
| You are sooooo correct! Capt. Neal is one of them...
|
| HTH,
|
| LP


One of whom? One of the many or one of the few?

If one of the few then... I AGREE! Capt. Neal was the greatest subscriber this group's ever had. Evaluate the group in its
present form and you'll see that it's lost whatever charm it once had when the good captain, and his troop of shakespearean actors
held sway. Like the Phil Hendrie show, the last of which will air the 23rd of June, it's the end of an era -- an inspired era. The
genius that was Capt Neal can only be expected to uplift the many for a finite period of time.

P.S. Paladin sounds like one of those gayboy dispruptive meow army fools. You should plonk him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson