06-21-2008, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by nevermind65
Yes, corn ethanol is inefficient, but in Brazil, they use sugar cane which gets 2.5 more ethanol per acre and has a higher BTU content. This makes it 3 times better than corn for the same dollar. 727-870 gal/per acre for sugar cane vs. 321 gal/acre for corn.
This is pretty accurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Brazil |
True, but there is a lot more oil than 6 months supply.
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/...news2.13s.html
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