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Biofuels & Ethanol: The Real Story

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Uploaded by on Jun 14, 2007

Lawrence-Berkeley Lab scientist and energy expert David Fridley talks about the reality of biofuels as an alternative energy fuel. He explains inherent cost and production problems with ethanol and similar biofuels.

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  • A response to thomassommer2808: They have to cut down the rain forest to crop the land and thats what they have been doing for the last 40 years. By the way, there still is VERY limited supply in the world perspective. I know recently the Oil Execs got grilled but there is not alot of profit unless the gov/tax payers provide to make the money available. If it was profitable the oil companies would be doing it, it's not my idea to have a business that loses money, nor should it be anyone elses.

  • Google "Thermodynamics of the corn-ethanol biofuel cycle"

    The crux of this issue is the ratio of energy to make ethanol to energy you get from ethanol. The above paper shows that the often cited studies that purport to show ethanol has a positive EROI are not including all the inputs. There is no reason not to include things like machinery, distillation facilities, and irrigation.

  • so, why the brasilians can do ethanol since more than 40 years from sugar cane??? there is also a good succes to do ethanol from biomasses like wood, grasses almost everything...not only from corn!!! There will be no rally between food and fuel... sorry, but you are not at the top of research and development!!

  • Sorry, You will not find the real story here!

  • "biofuels" are not limited to ethanol, as one might conclude from this inaccurately-titled video...along with the perception that he's a shill for the petroleum industry. Biodiesel is 85% as energy-dense as petrodiesel, and even less-than-99.5%-pure ethanol clearly has utility as a fuel supplement. The comparison between the current cost of bringing to market the finite resource of petroleum, with economics of biofuel production is apples and oranges.

  • great stuff, thanks for posting

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