On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 08:36:59PM -0700, Jan Steinman wrote:
> In fact, David Pimentel (Cornel University) claims that commercially
> made ethanol from corn actually consumes more energy in its
> manufacture and distribution than it contains! So it's digging us
> into the energy debt hole faster than simply burning the petroleum to
> start with.
...and that is the basic problem of biofuels, generally - though the
person that came up with the right answer to that issue is likely
marooned on the same deserted island with the person that invented
matter teleportation... :)
At least using things like recycled restaurant grease & sugar-cane
bargasse is waste energy that would otherwise likely be lost.
davidt
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