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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:42 PM
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11. that will never work as you have described it
If we burn 400 years worth of long dead plants and animals and your only solution is to cut back, then we would need to cut usage to .25% of current levels to be at replacement level - insanely impractical. I'm not saying ethanol as it currently exists or even E85 is the answer. I'm intrigued that they say sugar cane ethanol is 5(or whatever) times more efficient than corn ethanol. Now imagine we are all driving plug-in hybrids getting over 100/mpg and using sugar cane ethanol. You can see how oil is much less of a problem.
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  -E85: Spinning Our Wheels Robert Rapier  May-25-06 08:06 PM   #0 
  - I agree with you..  blueinindiana   May-25-06 08:17 PM   #1 
  - GM is just trying to say they're doing something  billbuckhead   May-25-06 08:20 PM   #2 
  - Dulcet voices pitching halcyon bullshit  TheBorealAvenger   May-26-06 01:55 PM   #12 
  - Many many ways to get high yield of ethanol with 0 or minimal inputs of  papau   May-25-06 08:48 PM   #3 
  - Maybe Someday...  Robert Rapier   May-25-06 09:11 PM   #6 
     - The MixAlco process now has cost/reward data - seems to be moving along  papau   May-26-06 06:59 AM   #10 
  - If what you say is true then how does  TexasProgresive   May-25-06 08:58 PM   #4 
  - Clearly Stated in the Article  Robert Rapier   May-25-06 09:07 PM   #5 
  - No argument with your blog post...  TreasonousBastard   May-25-06 09:54 PM   #7 
  - that will never work as you have described it  TheFarseer   May-26-06 01:42 PM   #11 
     - Burning 400 years worth of dead stuff every year...  TreasonousBastard   May-26-06 07:25 PM   #16 
  - politicians who oppose E85 will be roadkill  rfkrfk   May-25-06 10:29 PM   #8 
  - Well, at least until it comes time to deliver...  hunter   May-26-06 01:25 AM   #9 
  - Let's see, 185,000 gas stations nationwide, 680 of them have E85  hatrack   May-26-06 03:20 PM   #13 
  - Hey, mister grumpy gills! Just keep swimming!  phantom power   May-26-06 03:25 PM   #14 
  - I'm glad you've stayed around to offer your comments in spite of  NNadir   May-26-06 06:08 PM   #15 
  - Cars  ArmchairMeme   May-30-06 01:30 PM   #17 
 

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