Date:         Tue, 22 May 2007 14:16:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: politics of e85 RE: E85 in vanagons
Comments: To: Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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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!