Posted by formenwhogrow on February 04, 2013 at 13:05:41 from (206.180.109.86):
In Reply to: Re: E15 posted by Indiana Ken on February 01, 2013 at 10:58:24:
I am referring to the amount of fossil energy it takes to produce the fuel vs. the energy output of the fuel itself. I got this number from an article in National Geographic comparing renewable fuels grown from food crops. It takes into account the nitrogen, the diesel the planting and harvest equipment uses, and the fossil fuels used to power the distilleries (which run on natural gas or coal). The subsidies came through tax credits as part of the Renewable Fuels Standard passed in 2000 (I believe) and those were supposed to expire in 2012. Since the RFS was just renewed and expanded and unless you can prove otherwise, I would assume that the tax credits for ethanol production are continued as well. It's not ethanol itself I disagree with, it making it from corn that I have a problem with. Corn is a food crop, it should be used as such. Talk with any dairyman or cattle feeder (ones who don't live near an ethanol plant) and see how they feel about it. over 40% of our corn crop is going to make a fuel that has 30% less energy in it than gasoline, and in a drought year like we just had, I don't see how you make a case for it. $7.00 corn is great for a guy farming 2 sections in Iowa, it sucks for a guy milking 100 cows in PA or NY.
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