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Originally posted by fastpat
The problem with ethanol is that it costs more to make than it can be sold for; and that's not expected to ever change. Ethanol has huge, in the billions of dollars, of tax subsidies now.
That should be stopped immediately.
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I agree with that sentiment in the US, but ethanol made from sugar cane or sugar beets is much more energetic than the impotent corn-based ethanol that we have to put up with. Since sugar is more energy dense it makes far more energy than it does to create. Without actually looking it up, it's something like 3.5:1 rather than the 0.8:1 to 1.1:1 of corn ethanol.