Biofuels & Ethanol: The Real Story

Scientist David Fridley explains the inherent cost and production problems with ethanol and similar biofuels.

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[mikehanoo33]

@HerrSchenkel I agree with most of what you say ,I would love to see Hemp used for fuel , but even corn can make a much better fuel then petrol , when corn is done right on small farms where they use all the leftovers for fertilizer and cow feed and to fire the furnace for the still , it is much more energy efficient and cleaner and only costs about a dollar per gallon , as it does in Brazil , they cant give petrol fuel away down there !Check out David Blumes work for the truth .

[TheAutoChannel]

@4TIMESAYEAR

So it would be the "denatured" element that is dangerous. That element is usually gasoline. Yes, gasoline will hurt the animals. So thanks for making the same point that we make, gasoline should be eliminated.

[mrwinchestera5]

I am in the alternative fuels business, and I can see the ignorance in some of the posts herein. Ethanol isn't the answer, unless you like bankruptcy. Take away my subsidy and I am out of business tomorrow, and we are losing money now. Anyone who thinks ethanol is going to replace gasoline in America has no clue as to reality. If you think is such a good idea, join us and start your own distillery. Your learning curve will be sharp, high, and swift. Stupid is as stupid does.

Jim

[circusboy90210]

biofuels also can be made from diatoms and sun nothing else.

[benknefelkamp]

ETHANOL FROM MISCANTHUS!

[germancaveguy]

What a jerk. This guy continues to give half truth and lies to fit his argument. Same old tactic used left and right by those with some form of vested interest in seeing alternatives fail.

As an example, he states that ethanol needs to be 99% pure or better to run in an internal combustion engine. Yet, he doesn't state that this is only true when that ethanol is being mixed with gasoline. To get gasoline to mix, it must be this pure. Yet, 99% pure is great when by itself. What a joke.

[SupremeCommander360]

@HerrSchenkel

Viable possibly, efficient no.

[JZarter]

Hopes put on Bio-fuels are way over stated to say the least. Ethanol is Very expensive, not energy dense, takes about the same energy to produce it as it puts out. Bio-fuel is ruining engines because it causes high carbon build up in your engine. The human toll is large, people are starving because now food is very high.

Now the Obama EPA wants to have me put 15% ethanol into my gas tank. Good bye cars.

[anoxxi]

any way once the back yard still produces the low quality fuel it has reduced the volume of transportable goods and increased the efficiency of the transportable low grade fuel to apropriate location via pipe line .........think out of the box!!!!!! mr engineeer and make jobs

[josemanuelsalgado]

easy, ethanol from weeds instead of corn

[busguy100]

@mikehanoo33 Wrong show me any air car that goes over walking speed and more than 6 miles on a charge. Show me how you can make Hydrogen from water and not use more power making it than it makes when used. No one is holding back on any ideas, if you can make it people will buy it and you will be the richest person on the planet.