: [biofuel] Re: ethanol economics
Dear Todd,
It is number games, only to size the problems and to
understand them. It is logical that we have a mix and
we are already there. What ever way you play the
numbers, it show that renewable are feasible and
doable even for US. It will however take
The following is response to an off-list inquiry made about an
article based upon David Pimental's representations as to
ethanols dis-economics. It might make better sense to read the
original inquiry first, then the response.
Todd Swearingen
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Dear [snip],
First, I
Dear Todd,
I agree with you on the number game, I wrote earlier,
With 25 barrels per hectare, the current
annual oil consumption would need more than 11 giga hectars of land.
The yield would be a rounded 2,500 barrel per square km and annual
oil consumption would need 11,699,000 square km.
heart will have to
migrate to Florida every winter.
Todd Swearingen
- Original Message -
From: Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: ethanol economics
Dear Todd,
I agree with you on the number game
Bravo, Todd, nicely done!
There's a lot more Pimentel debunking here:
http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_energy.html
Is ethanol energy-efficient?
New report:
Corn ethanol is energy efficient... For every BTU dedicated to
producing ethanol there is a 34 percent energy gain, the study said.
