On 2012-08-12, RichA > wrote:
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>> >> On 2012-08-10, RichA > wrote:
>> >>> It is of no value. *It has raised corn prices (and all the myriad
>> >>> foods associated with it) by 100% over 1.5 years. *It scours engine
>> >>> components of their protective oil layer. It dries out seals. *It
>> >>> should be abolished.
>> >>> P.S. Enviroqueers; *Lead by example, STOP DRIVING.
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>> >> The environment is the excuse. It has nothing to do with
>> >> environmentalists. *It has to do with big business and the corn lobby.
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>> >> Corn ethanol is stupid. Sugar cane ethanol works (energy &
>> >> economically). But here's the problem, can't make sugar cane ethanol in
>> >> the contintal USA because it doesn't grow here. It works nicely for
>> >> Brazil. Could work for Hawaii, but Hawaii being part of the USA is stuck
>> >> with US politics so they import corn ethanol instead of making their own
>> >> locally with sugar cane.
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>> > Can't? *Louisiana, MS, Texas come to mind. *Also sugar beets. *My
>> > grandfather ran some of his trucks on ethanol during WWII.
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>> Sugar beets will not be as good as sugar cane. What makes sugar cane
>> ethanol work so well is that another part of the plant fuels the process
>> to make the ethanol. This way the energy is 100% gain, as opposed to an
>> energy loss with corn ethanol.
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> Anyone who thinks ethanol, from whatever source is FREE or cheap is
> INSANE and CLUELESS about the energy USED to produce it.

As I stated above the energy to produce sugar cane ethanol comes another
part of the sugar cane plant. This is what makes it viable. Don't
believe me? Feel free to research it.

Corn ethanol is an energy loser and at the very best resarch method
break even. It is folly.