F George McDuffee <gmcduffee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:23:34 GMT, "Brian Bartz"
><nasacpa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Corn ethanol is bad news. When you figure out the amount of
>>energy that goes into getting the ethanol, the deal doesn't
>>make much sense.
>=============== Indeed, from a strictly "up front" or current
>effeciency/economic standpoint it does not, however not
>everything is [or should be] evaluated on the factors of current
>"efficiency" and "economics."
>First: from a national defense perspective, ethanol production
>is domestic under US control, and establishes a secure fuel
>supply.
If a limited, tem****ary fuel supply can be considered "secure".
Ethanol cannot begin to meet current oil consumption standards,
and is not a renewable resource under current industrial farming
practices, where the destructive costs to the very soil are
externalized for short-term profit.
Scott S
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