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Why biofuels could end up doing more harm than good
Why biofuels could end up doing more harm than good
The grain required to fill the gas tank of a Range Rover with ethanol, just once, is enough to feed one person for a year. picked by Galoot 2 years ago
tags ethanol grain green wheat biofuel
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 dollylla...
2 years ago
Range Rovers should just become extinct, like the dinosaurs.
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 misterc
2 years ago
I don't know why, but I get a kick out of this story.

If you take the "a whole year's worth of grain into one tank" out of the equation, you're still left with the fact that we're using 30% more energy to produce the stuff. Even if the tractors, tankers, and all that were converted to Ethanol, you're still using more fuel, for the simple fact that it's less efficient.

"Cutting off our noses to spite our faces" isn't the right phrase, but it's the first one that comes to mind.
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 capricci...
2 years ago
Heard about this on NPR tonight - just posted the link to the broadcast. Very interesting. There's so much we need to do, but learn first. Thanks for the link.
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