Keith Addison wrote: > SASKATOON, Sask.-"Ethanol production from corn is a > fossil-energy-losing proposition" is the conclusion of Professor Tad > Patzek who is a petroleum and chemical engineer at University of > California, Berkeley.
That "petroleum and chemical engineer" part ought to tell you all you need to know about this guy's report. > "We have: > - Burned more fossil fuels than the energy content of the ethanol from corn; > - Degraded and eroded soil on millions of acres; > - Polluted surface and groundwater with nitrates, herbicides, > pesticides, and ethanol waste; > - Polluted air with CO, NOx , SO2 , VOC, etc. [Carbon-monoxide, Nitrous Oxide, > Sulphur Dioxide, Volatile Organic Compounds, etc.] ; > - Continued to waste billions [of dollars] of taxpayers' money; and > - Devised a terrible solution of air quality problems." Sounds like he's been reading Pimento's stuff. AP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
