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Old August 15th 06, 02:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:53:12 -0400, Stubby
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Jay Honeck wrote:
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Aside from the obvious stupidity of using more energy to make ethanol
than it actually produces, this is a fuel that we're apparently going
to be stuck with -- forever? -- for political reasons. We're gonna
have to live with it, somehow.

...
Does the production efficiency matter if the supply is unlimited or the
prices is really low? I don't know that it is, but but you may have
introduced a red herring with your rhetoric.


The point is, that the fuel and resources necessary to produce ethanol
might be better used directly if efficiency is a concern.