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Originally posted by kaisen
It is still a lesser evil than petroleum and all of the political messes (and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) it has cost the US in the last 30 years.
Energy 'losses' in production are a function of our *currnet* dependency on foreign oil. See my above post. The efficiencies will change. Net energy is one measurement, but when the energy used is also renewable there are LONG TERM gains beyond short-term economics.
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Your assertion above has not been proven in any study, including several of the ethanol fuel produced and burned in Brazil. Ethanol produced there has not been shown to have improved the environment, the ethanol infrastructure is huge in Brazil and has not been shown to have a remarkable cost savings over time. And so on.
Ethanol is a political expedient in America, and should be abandoned forthwith.