Posted by mkirsch on March 05, 2009 at 10:00:29 from (64.80.108.57):
In Reply to: E85 posted by superAsquirrel on March 05, 2009 at 00:40:04:
Yes, but I'm sure you find the tasty cow/pig/chicken/turkey that ate the corn VERY palatable :)
The biggest problem is that producing ethanol requires almost as much fossil fuel to produce as it replaces. Under best conditions, the ratio is 1.3 energy units of ethanol out to 1 energy unit of fossil fuel put in. You need to burn fuel to haul in the seed and fertilizer, plow the ground, plant the corn, harvest the corn, haul the corn to the ethanol plant, cook the corn, and haul away the product and waste.
So, you're not keeping the money at home. It's just going through another set of hands on its way to OPEC.
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