Re: Energy Cost of Ethanol



cnctut wrote:
Greg Hansen wrote:

Reviving the topic of Habshi's subject line, and hoping to avoid the
topic of the content, what is the energy cost of producing ethanol?
Does anyone have some solid references?


Greg

Do you wish to start at--I just bought one bushel of shelled corn at
the elevator for $2 now let's make some ethanol--or here, plant these
seeds and grow a bushel of corn-- then we'll make some ethanol. ;-))

Tut


Starting with the seeds, of course. Bushels of shelled corn don't appear out of nowhere.

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