[lbo-talk] Bush: 'the more corn there is, the more energy there is'

[Michael Perelman]

No. I recall that Barry Commoner did some numbers on this about a decade ago.  Al Krebs 
could put his fingers on the most recent numbers.  ADM will beg to differ.

On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 08:39:01PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> 
> >The president is a very intelligent man.  I'm sure he meant to say, 
> >"the more corn there
> >is, the more energy there is [expended]."  I'm sure that a man of 
> >his intellect knows that
> >it takes several BTUs of energy to make a BTU of ethanol.
> 
> I saw some right-winger recently debunking that as passe. Is it?
> 
> Doug
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