My question: Assuming a sufficiently positive energy surplus could exist on a unit basis, how much farmland would it take to produce enough booze to run the U.S. vehicle fleet? Wouldn't it require something gargantuan?
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> On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Bush: 'the more corn there is, the more
> energythere is'
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> Jordan Hayes wrote:
>
> >I don't know who these dudes are, but they say that the average corn
> >farmer can make about 38% more energy from ethanol than he puts in, and
> >that super farmers can do about 109%.
> >
> >http://www.carbohydrateeconomy.org/library/admin/uploadedfiles/How_Much_E
> nergy_Does_it_Take_to_Make_a_Gallon_.html
>
> Hmm, 1995. But from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which is a
> leftish back to the local kind of place. Definitely not shills for
> ADM.
>
> Doug
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