On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 08:22:52PM -0800, Jan Steinman wrote:
> > From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > And if the hydrogen separation process is powered by fossil fuels,
> > what is the point?
>
> Exactly! The same goes for ethanol, which by various studies appears
> to have an energy gain of unity or less -- it may take more energy
> (from fossil fuel) to produce than it contains.
...but the end consumer gets that nice warm feeling from using the
environmentally friendly fuel... (the REAL cost is irrelevant...)
the controversy of ethanol in fuel appears to have died out here, so I
imagine 'they' are starting to mix it in again - at least based on the
knocks I hear from under the bonnets (hoods) at the traffic lights these
days.
davidt
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