Hi Sam, That might be true... But here in Canada we grow a LOT of corn for animal feed and vegetable oil. One of the studies I read mentioned that the byproducts of corn-produced ethanol actually make more productive animal feed than the original corn. Also note that putting just 15% ethanol into gasoline means a potential 15% gain in oil refinery capacity. And refinery capacity is one of the reasons I keep hearing for the high cost of fuel here in the great white north. How true that is I am not qualified to say. There is a LOT of disinformation out there about ethanol as a vehicle fuel, on both sides of the fence.
Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato www.pottsfamily.ca www.busesofthecorn.com
On 22-May-07, at 1:20 PM, Sam Conant wrote: > More to the point though is the documentation that even if the U.S. > converts > its entire annual corn yield via the distillation and refining > process, at > tremendous infrastructure development and expense, the ethanol > produce will > provide only a meager percentage of the total U.S. demand for fuel > - at > today's rate! |
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