The bottom line is that at the moment producing Ethanol from corn
wastes more energy than it makes according to experts.



Well, use some rational thinking... We grow corn to make alcohol...

What does the tractor that plowed and planted the field burn? diesel
mostly

What do the fertilizer and pesticides put on the field come from?
petroleum base

What does the combine that harvests the field burn? gas or diesel

What does the truck that takes the corn to the local elevator burn?
diesel or gas

What does the train that moves the corn to market burn? diesel

What does the electric motor(s) at the alcohol plant get the current
from - and ditto the lights, air conditioners, furnaces, etc? (natural
gas mostly)

What do the employees at the alcohol plant burn to get there for work
each day? gas mostly

Where does the heat to distill the mash come from? natural gas

What does the truck burn to take the alcohol to the gasoline terminal?
diesel

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Where the oil company cheerfully puts 5% of that 70 cents a gallon
alcohol at their cost into the gasoline and charges you three bucks or
so for each gallon of alcohol they sell you - a vastly bigger profit
margin than they get on the gasoline... Plus, the alcohol decreases
your gas mileage so you have to buy fuel more often... Jeez, if you
are an oil executive on a pay plus bonus salary, what's not to like
??????
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Anyway, those of you who favor alcohol explain to me how burning
alcohol reduces oil imports...

denny