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Who do you trust on ethanol?
As California hammers out its Low Carbon Fuel Standard, getting the science right on biofuels is no easy task
Andrew Leonard [2008-01-24]

  • Mobile fuel

    What the UC scientists failed to notice is the difference between energy used to generate electricity and energy that can power a car or other mobile vehicle. Coal is abundant and can generate electricty but cannot easily be used in a car. Even though ethanol absorbs many energy inputs in terms of fertilizers and electricty to run the plant, the result is a form of energy that can be used in a car. The talk about carbon in the atmosphere etc., misses the point that ethanol can power a car.

    -- folger
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    Thursday, January 24, 2008 05:10 PM
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