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Originally Posted by Libila
The "push" takes time but each alternative energy source has a downfall, and people want a solution, not a compromise.
Supposedly America's corn ethanol is hurting our food market and it takes as much energy to produce as we'd save.
Batteries for electric cars aren't ready and the production is quite dirty.
If only we had the foresight like Brazil...
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The statistic I heard recently (on a Naked Science episode) is that it takes the equivilent of one gallon of corn ethanol (in fuel) to produce 2 gallons.
Edit: Whereas in another country (was it Brazil?) it takes 1 gallon of sugar cane ethanol (in fuel) to make 8 gallons of sugar cane ethanol...sugar cane is a much more efficient ethanol crop.
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Last edited by cody; 2008-07-07 at 08:49 AM.
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