Ethanol Debate

[mikehanoo33]

MYTH: In terms of emissions, ethanol pollutes the same as gasoline or more.

FACT: Ethanol results in fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than gasoline and is fully biodegradable, unlike some fuel additives.

[TonyTuthill]

How about some better tasting and nutritional corn too!?

[Hellaciousoutlaw]

the part of the debate alot of people dont realize is that big oil has never had a competitor and is unregulated oil has never had to compete competition will drop those high gas prices like a box of hot rocks

lets face it america hates the oil companies

[torres585]

I think ethanol is economically stupid. You're getting taxed because of the subsidies and you're paying for it at the station. You're paying for it TWICE.

[RatusNatus]

@torres585 you mean stupid is the subsidies...

[sweetciye]

hemp has the highest level of cellulose more than any other plant instead of using a food source like corn use hemp and combine that with E-85 engines that would save our need for oil by 85% and stop the inflation of food prices from rising...

[retardrunnerxc]

If Ethanol was so great they wouldn't need the subsidizes in the first place. Hydrogen is the future, we should be subsidizing business to come up with new energy means. yet i think Hydrogen is better

[2007realitycheck]

$92 billion subsidy is what the IISD estimates US taxpayers will pay 2006-2012 to make ethanol. Ethanol is corrosive, dissolves rubber and plastics, absorbs water which corrodes metals, causes inconsistent engine performance, is conductive, has only 70% of the gasoline energy value, has a 90 day shelf-life in gas tanks, decomposes older fiberglass gas tanks, and takes more energy to make than it produces.

[greyflcn]

It doesn't matter what biomass you pick. All biofuels are a bad idea. Asside from "maybe" algae. But we don't even know if thats gonna work.

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And even then Solar is still hundreds of times better.