yvtGL Wrote:
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> It's crazy what we've become. All the stations in
> our area put 10 percent in ... what a waste ..
>
> It's costs way too much to produce ethanol for gas
> -- the only way it works is that it is subsidized
> by the government via out tax payer dollars.
>
> "Skeptics cite the research of Cornell University
> professor David Pimentel, who estimates that it
> takes approximately 1.3 gal. of oil to produce a
> single gallon of ethanol.
>
> If the benefits are in doubt, the costs are not.
> It would take 450 pounds of corn to yield enough
> ethanol to fill the tank of an SUV. Producing
> enough ethanol to replace America's imported oil
> alone would require putting nearly 900 million
> acres under cultivation—or roughly 95 percent of
> the active farmland in the country. Once we've
> turned our farms into filling stations, where will
> the food come from?"
>
>
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electr
> ic/a2422/4237539/
Yes but corporations make sure it's required.