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Re: Even the best biofuels aren't cost effective

Subject: Re: Even the best biofuels aren't cost effective
From: Mike McWilliams
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:20:22 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.energy.hydrogen
Don Lancaster wrote:
Don Lancaster wrote:

Bob Eldred wrote:


I don't by that. I think you are right that is the implication but it makes little sense. It's basically saying that even with all of the solar input it
still takes more energy to produce than you get out. Why should that be?
Bob



For obvious openers, diesel fuel, electricity, and crop loans.

Ethanol from corn under US farm conditions makes no sense whatsoever.
It is simply a twelve billion dollar vote buying scam.

http://www.tinaja.com/glib/energfun.pdf



Oops.
Should have said "Ethanol for energy uses from corn under..."




But, at some point it will become useful. Once the standard of living plummetts a little ways, and we are back to the horse and carraige for all but the upper class, you can bet that manual labour will be used to supply the rich with ethanol fuel...

and americans will suddenly stop being 60% overweight.

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