Marc, I appreciate a devil's advocate as much as the next guy, I love bringing up as many sources of data and as many facts as possible. Your response however seems to just be an attack on Steve however! Instead of delving into the realities of energy production and the economics behind it, you take his wording out of context and use it against him. For example you attack Steve for calling #corn#ethanol a low quality fuel and reply that due to it's high hydrocarbon content it's a very powerful fuel. Now your reply is correct: corn ethanol is very high in hydrocarbons. It produces a lot of power per volume used. That however does not take into account the economics behind the production of this corn ethanol. Many scientists debate whether or not it even breaks the 1.0 EROIE point, and therefore it is barely efficient, if efficient at all, to create this fuel in the first place.
@[Steve St. Angelo](user:22629), I'm still confused as to whether the US subsidizes #ethanol here in the US. It seems like there is a lot of conflicting information in the comment thread with some arguing yes and some insisting no.
U.S. Smashes Record: Highest Production Of Lowest Quality Fuel In The World
Marc, I appreciate a devil's advocate as much as the next guy, I love bringing up as many sources of data and as many facts as possible. Your response however seems to just be an attack on Steve however! Instead of delving into the realities of energy production and the economics behind it, you take his wording out of context and use it against him. For example you attack Steve for calling #corn #ethanol a low quality fuel and reply that due to it's high hydrocarbon content it's a very powerful fuel. Now your reply is correct: corn ethanol is very high in hydrocarbons. It produces a lot of power per volume used. That however does not take into account the economics behind the production of this corn ethanol. Many scientists debate whether or not it even breaks the 1.0 EROIE point, and therefore it is barely efficient, if efficient at all, to create this fuel in the first place.
U.S. Smashes Record: Highest Production Of Lowest Quality Fuel In The World
@[Steve St. Angelo](user:22629), I'm still confused as to whether the US subsidizes #ethanol here in the US. It seems like there is a lot of conflicting information in the comment thread with some arguing yes and some insisting no.