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The Strange Energy Budget of Ethanol Production

Posted by timothy on from the subsidy-heaven dept.

joeflies writes "The San Francisco Chronicle published an article regarding research on how much fuel is required to make Ethanol. The results indicate that it make take 6 times more energy than the end product delivers."

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  1. Corn instead of tobacco by lazy+genes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Planting corn instead of an addictive product that kills people is a win win .The amount of energy spent on tobacco related problems is sickning.I smoke these addictive products.I am trolling for karma bich.