Are you a retard? Did you watch that video? It take 9/10ths of a gallon of gasoline to make a gallon of ethanol! THIS IS NOT REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSSSSSIONS!!!!!! GET A BRAIN!
Ethanol is a great fuel. The starch part of the corn is used in making the ethanol. The rest of the corn is still used for animal feed. More animal feed is available now than ever before.
Quit playing with your hair and making faces. Also, take note of your excessive usage of the word "like". You will get your point across better (whether it makes any sense or not) if your audience is not distracted by these little disturbances. Also, consider using a script or an outline because you seem to get lost in your own dialog.
With your logic then there should be less debt due to the farmers "dropping out of subsidies". Do you know what happens to the corn they produce that the farmers produce that are bought by the govt. ? Were you just born yesterday? Did you know that millions of tons of corn and grain are destroyed every year that go to no use, bought by the govt.?
Ethanol from corn becomes competitive with gasoline from petroleum, without subsidy, when the price of oil goes above some particular value.
If the supply of petroleum fails to keep up with demand, the free market decides which is more important: fueling the cars of wealthy people, or feeding the exponentiating hordes of poor people.
Food is fuel and fuel is food. We use fossil fuels to grow food, and we convert food into biofuel. The food and fuel markets are tied together now.
USA built cars for many years which consumption is very high rated to keep the gas market working and now you have a big problem which is "THE CONSUMPTION". Obviously I think that corn is certainly not the solution ==> It will kill the third world indeed. Here in Europe we use diesel engine every day more because their consumption is very low and the average is 60 MPG or more!! even the SUV!! the ethanol is take out of oranges! bye.XXX
"Let it rot" was assumed to be in a controlled environment, and the costs are LOWER than petroleum production... why do you think Big Oil fights Ethanol so hard?
The combustion energy produced by Ethanol is FAR more efficient than gasoline, as well as having infinitely better cooling properties within the engine.
3: Ethanol is NOT ONLY MADE FROM CORN! IT CAN BE MADE FROM MANY DIFFERENT THINGS!
Do you realize the amount of corn grown JUST in the US? Do you know Farmers are PAID by the Government NOT to farm corn, because there is SO MUCH OF IT?!?!?
ALL cars can burn Ethanol, with NO modifications. Look in your cars manual, it will tell you this as fact!
SO WHAT IF FOOD GOES UP!? We MUST find an alternate to fossil fuels!
Compare what it costs in energy input to make ethanol versus what you get in energy return. Hmm.
Compare what it costs in carbon production to make the ethanol versus what you save in carbon production to use the ethanol in energy production. Yik.
Compare the calorie output of the food (as consumed by animals and people) used to make ethanol versus the caloric value of the energy return from the ethanol produced by that same food. Oy.
No, you can't simply "let it rot" in an uncontrolled environment unless you want the alcohol to evaporate off in the process. And exactly how much resource do you have to "let" the stuff rot all by itself? How much space? How much time? These things have costs of their own, you know.
The energy I was referring to is specific energy of combustion. Sorry I wasn't clearer in my description.
Wow... Lots of impolite comments. I say, A for effort. I hope you get your money's worth in college.
LibertyJusticeTruth 1 year ago
all i say is smoke a blunt ...
6366kid 1 year ago
Are you a retard? Did you watch that video? It take 9/10ths of a gallon of gasoline to make a gallon of ethanol! THIS IS NOT REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSSSSSIONS!!!!!! GET A BRAIN!
halohadel 2 years ago
Ethanol is a great fuel. The starch part of the corn is used in making the ethanol. The rest of the corn is still used for animal feed. More animal feed is available now than ever before.
Rusty1220 2 years ago
no it isnt you jackass it takes a 9/10'ths of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol. Not to mention that it takes up precious acerage
halohadel 2 years ago
Quit playing with your hair and making faces. Also, take note of your excessive usage of the word "like". You will get your point across better (whether it makes any sense or not) if your audience is not distracted by these little disturbances. Also, consider using a script or an outline because you seem to get lost in your own dialog.
Good luck.
AngelicSpeed 2 years ago
With your logic then there should be less debt due to the farmers "dropping out of subsidies". Do you know what happens to the corn they produce that the farmers produce that are bought by the govt. ? Were you just born yesterday? Did you know that millions of tons of corn and grain are destroyed every year that go to no use, bought by the govt.?
fmrreligiousnut 2 years ago
This girl is obviously the product of in-breeding.
1robeyfan 2 years ago
Ethanol from corn becomes competitive with gasoline from petroleum, without subsidy, when the price of oil goes above some particular value.
If the supply of petroleum fails to keep up with demand, the free market decides which is more important: fueling the cars of wealthy people, or feeding the exponentiating hordes of poor people.
Food is fuel and fuel is food. We use fossil fuels to grow food, and we convert food into biofuel. The food and fuel markets are tied together now.
Teratornis 2 years ago
USA built cars for many years which consumption is very high rated to keep the gas market working and now you have a big problem which is "THE CONSUMPTION". Obviously I think that corn is certainly not the solution ==> It will kill the third world indeed. Here in Europe we use diesel engine every day more because their consumption is very low and the average is 60 MPG or more!! even the SUV!! the ethanol is take out of oranges! bye.XXX
atdanis 3 years ago
"Let it rot" was assumed to be in a controlled environment, and the costs are LOWER than petroleum production... why do you think Big Oil fights Ethanol so hard?
The combustion energy produced by Ethanol is FAR more efficient than gasoline, as well as having infinitely better cooling properties within the engine.
circutracer150 3 years ago
All Pros.
1: Cleaner more efficient fuel
2: Corn is an infinitely renewable resource
3: Ethanol is NOT ONLY MADE FROM CORN! IT CAN BE MADE FROM MANY DIFFERENT THINGS!
Do you realize the amount of corn grown JUST in the US? Do you know Farmers are PAID by the Government NOT to farm corn, because there is SO MUCH OF IT?!?!?
ALL cars can burn Ethanol, with NO modifications. Look in your cars manual, it will tell you this as fact!
SO WHAT IF FOOD GOES UP!? We MUST find an alternate to fossil fuels!
circutracer150 3 years ago
all i know about ethanol is that alchohol has a lot of it =]
watch4theDROP 3 years ago
Compare what it costs in energy input to make ethanol versus what you get in energy return. Hmm.
Compare what it costs in carbon production to make the ethanol versus what you save in carbon production to use the ethanol in energy production. Yik.
Compare the calorie output of the food (as consumed by animals and people) used to make ethanol versus the caloric value of the energy return from the ethanol produced by that same food. Oy.
Ethanol is kinda a loser in this analysis.
MartySchrader 3 years ago
What energy output are you talking about?
You simply let corn or certain wood SIT and ROT to harvest Ethanol from it, then denature it slightly...
circutracer150 3 years ago
No, you can't simply "let it rot" in an uncontrolled environment unless you want the alcohol to evaporate off in the process. And exactly how much resource do you have to "let" the stuff rot all by itself? How much space? How much time? These things have costs of their own, you know.
The energy I was referring to is specific energy of combustion. Sorry I wasn't clearer in my description.
MartySchrader 3 years ago