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Old May 8th 06, 02:29 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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James Robinson > wrote in
. 97.142:

> Turby > wrote:
>
>> Alan Browne > wrote:
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>>> Illinois gallons of E85 per year: 685,000,000 Gal (US)

>>
>>> Illinois "offset" days per US year 8.88 days of mideast oil saved
>>> by Illinois alone. Scale that up 10X and ...

>>
>> You're up to 88 days. Not enough. But what crops will you sacrifice
>> to produce that much ethanol?

>
> And I suspect in that calculation they didn't include the energy
> needed to grow and harvest the crops (fertilizer, plowing, etc.) or
> distill the ethanol. That energy has to come from somewhere, likely
> increased use of coal.
>


It also takes a considerable amount of water,which is becoming in short
supply in some states.Then there's soil loss,and fertilizer runoff.
(= pollution)

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Old May 8th 06, 03:01 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Jim Yanik wrote:

> James Robinson > wrote in
> . 97.142:
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> > And I suspect in that calculation they didn't include the energy
> > needed to grow and harvest the crops (fertilizer, plowing, etc.) or
> > distill the ethanol. That energy has to come from somewhere, likely
> > increased use of coal.


Or use the 'waste' product from the mashed corn to fuel the distillery ?

> It also takes a considerable amount of water,which is becoming in short
> supply in some states.Then there's soil loss,and fertilizer runoff.
> (= pollution)


And this differs from any other form of agriculture exactly how ?

Graham

 




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