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

[Michael Dawson]

But my question is this:  Dream up the highest imaginable yield of alcohol
from cellulose.  Then, tell me how much farmland it will take to produce the
cellulose required to fuel 200 million maximally fuel-efficient cars.  Let's
say you can get a 2-to-1 alcohol energy yield, and that cars could get 75
mpg of booze.  What's that work out to in terms of farmland?


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> On Behalf Of martin
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:27 AM
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Bush: 'the more corn there is, the more
> energythere is'
> 
> On Apr 23, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Michael Dawson wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> >
> 
> Really, Michael, we have no idea how much efficiency we can achieve
> until we make an effort in that direction.
> 
> Martin
> 
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