Corn Ethanol More Harmful Than Gasoline

New research indicates that corn-based ethanol is more costly to human health and the environment than gasoline. The research also indicates that biofuels from non-food crops may be less costly. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

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[mikehanoo33]

@Etimos And because there are no good electric cars out there , the Rav4 EV which was shut down by Chevron texaco in 2003 are selling for MORE NOW then they did new , because they have the superior NIMH battery in them , sorry electric is still being supressed by big oil .

[mikehanoo33]

What Ethanol could do now ! • Completely eliminating the need for imported oil

• Creating literally millions of new non-exportable Green job opportunities

• Using a wide range of renewable resources to produce clean fuel for far less than gasoline

• Enabling every car in America to run on sustainable BioFuel

[steffentangen91]

@mikehanoo33 Ey man, U dont gain more energy then u use creating biofuel do u? I don't know if we do or not. Do u?

[workensmart]

@davejoson The model T did not run exclusively on Ethanol. It could run on Gasoline, Kerosene and Ethanol. They made allot of cars like this back then. Gas stations were not at every corner like they are today. The country was still developing. So what they did was design engines that could run on multiple fuels so people could run what was available to them. All people need to do is look this up on the internet. Were did you get your information from?.

[davejoson]

The manipulation is in full force to kill off Ethanol as a true competitor to the fossel fuel monopoly. Don't be fooled!!! The first Ford car, the Model T ran exclusively on Ethanol. See a true successful transistion to an Ethanol energy reality.

YouTube video on practical ethanol use.

Type this in your YouTube Search:

Ethanol in Brazil

by: oberon71

[davejoson]

Brazil is the only country that enacted a practical alternative energy policy since the oil embargo in the 70's using Ethanol from sugar cane which is 80% more efficient than corn as a crop for ethanol.(sugar beets also more efficient than corn 70%) Brazil is now the worlds leader in ethanol production. They are not crippled by wars around the world. The US should drop the import tax on Brazil's ethanol exports to the US until they get serious on an ethanol energy policy of their own.

[TheAutoChannel]

The information contained in this video about corn ethanol is false. There are better materials to use for ethanol than corn, but the attempt to make corn a villain is wrong.

The Auto Channel has a tremendous amount of information about ethanol on our website and in several videos presented here on YouTube. Go there for the truth.

[JZarter]

Ethanol kills people all over the world, due to the fact: Using corn for fuel and not for food causes food riots, hunger, and death. Using corn for fuel raises the prices of corn so that Columbian children are now languishing for Al Gore's mistake...Al Gore is now responsible for deaths all over the planet while he lives in posh homes and drives SUV's, his fleet of ships and airplanes do not run on air...but fuel, fossil fuel.

[MightyCarnac]

Nobody says corn is the optimum ethanol feedstock. The U.S. just happens to grow a hallova lot of corn (90 million acres worth). Cellulose (wood) based ethanol is not optimal either - you have to pressure cook the fibers in acid. It takes lots more energy & chemicals and there's more toxic waste and the yields are smaller. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. If you believe cellulose ethanol is kinder to the environment I suggest you show us the process and the stats.

[720moorhsum]

corn ethanol is ok but sugarcane ethanol yealds more fuel for less crop

[jerry122063]

@mikehanoo33 that would be nice if we can grow enough corn considering how many barrels of oil the U.S. goes through in a day. we would have to use more crop land than we would use for food just to sustain our consumption of gas. we need to look at more better and more cost efficient fuel sources.

[hint0122]

that would never work.