Ethanol from Switch Grass is better than cane and switch grass grows 
wild on every ditch bank and mid-west.   My friend from Nebraska said he 
had to go out and cut it every week.    Grows very fast, easily 
cultivated.

pat goodyear



On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Karen Tellefsen wrote:

> Ethanol from corn is a poor use of resources.  Ethanol from sugar cane 
> is much better, but cane only grows in the tropics.
>
> Using corn to feed cows is also a poor use of resources.  It takes 8 
> kg of corn to produce 1 kg of beef, this is not efficient. In 
> addition, ruminant livestock produces about 28% of  human-related 
> methane.
>  Karen Tellefsen
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> From:   Pete <[log in to unmask]>
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> Some good answers here, led me to do some more research
>
> About 1/3 of the US corn crop goes towards livestock feed.
> 13% is exported.
> 40% is used for ethanol production
> That leaves 14% for food and beverage (including oils, syrups, sugars)
>
> Ethanol is being used in some cases to replace MTBE, to increase 
> octane rating.  Why?  Because of it's resistance to ignition.  This is 
> very tiny percentage of the gasoline blend.  E10 and E85 are ethanol 
> as an attempt to replace fossil fuels.  However, that resistance to 
> ignition, when used at 10% or 86% is what makes it an inefficient 
> fuel, increasing consumption by 3% or 25% respectively.  It takes one 
> unit of fossil fuel to generate 1.3 units of (less efficient) ethanol 
> fuel.
>
> Since 1980, the ethanol industry has received $45B in government 
> subsidies.
>
> The windmills don't seem so bad anymore.
>
> Pete
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