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Re: takes 1.5 gallons gasoline to produce 1 gallon ethanol in modern agr

Subject: Re: takes 1.5 gallons gasoline to produce 1 gallon ethanol in modern agriculture
From: Dean Hoffman <&rsinvalid.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:12:55 -0500
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture, sci.energy, sci.chem
In article <1150867540.983482.279850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 "roy" <royees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A better alternative is tapioca (cassava), and organic farming.
> 
> Using grains for producting ethanol will jack up grain prices
> world-wide and badly hit the poor who could not afford even one meal a
> day.
> 
> Roy Mathew
> http://expert-eyes.org
> 
         The actual value of the farm crop in foods  isn't very much.  
Some examples here:  http://tinyurl.com/offgu
   Look at the value of the wheat in a loaf of bread or the corn in corn 
flakes.  

                                                       Dean

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