http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/ Making Sense out of the Green Environment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-595 chemicallygreen.com Sun, 25 May 2008 19:20:49 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-595 @Roy O.: This should answer your question even more clearly. An acre of U.S. corn yields about 7,110 pounds of corn for processing into 328 gallons of ethanol. But planting, growing and harvesting that much corn requires about 140 gallons of fossil fuels and costs $347 per acre. Even before corn is converted to ethanol, the feedstock costs $1.05 per gallon of ethanol. @Roy O.: This should answer your question even more clearly.
An acre of U.S. corn yields about 7,110 pounds of corn for processing into 328 gallons of ethanol. But planting, growing and harvesting that much corn requires about 140 gallons of fossil fuels and costs $347 per acre. Even before corn is converted to ethanol, the feedstock costs $1.05 per gallon of ethanol.

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-17 chemicallygreen.com Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:56:18 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-17 @Roy O. @Roy O, the answer to your question. A gallon of corn ethanol costs $1.74 to produce while a gallon of gasoline costs $.98/gallon to produce. These figures are not base on current costs of crude oil and other factors. With todays current pricing a gallon of regular gas in our area is $3.51/gallon and the E85 ethanol/gas replacement is comparable at $4.00/gallon. The E85 cost is less at the pump, but when you factor in the 15-20% less fuel efficiency with ethanol, your cost will be approximately $4.00/gallon. Thanks for your question. Thanks for your visit @Roy O.
@Roy O, the answer to your question.
A gallon of corn ethanol costs $1.74 to produce while a gallon of gasoline costs $.98/gallon to produce. These figures are not base on current costs of crude oil and other factors. With todays current pricing a gallon of regular gas in our area is $3.51/gallon and the E85 ethanol/gas replacement is comparable at $4.00/gallon. The E85 cost is less at the pump, but when you factor in the 15-20% less fuel efficiency with ethanol, your cost will be approximately $4.00/gallon.
Thanks for your question.
Thanks for your visit

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-16 Roy O. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:32:42 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-16 how many gallons of fossil fuel is required to produce one gallon of ethenol ? how many gallons of fossil fuel is required to produce one gallon of ethenol ?

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-10 chemicallygreen.com Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:29:22 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-10 @Geo: thanks for the comments. I agree with you, ethanol is not the answer.Let's not spend billions of taxpayers dollars to support a program that will only continue to rise in costs and put our grain supplies in dire straits. @Geo: thanks for the comments. I agree with you, ethanol is not the answer.Let’s not spend billions of taxpayers dollars to support a program that will only continue to rise in costs and put our grain supplies in dire straits.

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-9 chemicallygreen.com Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:17:29 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-9 @Deaves: thank you for your comments. With oil prices hitting $115.00/barrel, ethanol prices will continue to rise. Ethanol will have problems being profitable. Let ethanol stand on its own merit as an alternative fuel without the taxpayper paying for the subsidity. @Deaves: thank you for your comments. With oil prices hitting $115.00/barrel, ethanol prices will continue to rise. Ethanol will have problems being profitable. Let ethanol stand on its own merit as an alternative fuel without the taxpayper paying for the subsidity.

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-8 chemicallygreen.com Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:11:25 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-8 @UncleBen:thanks for your comment. There are other alternatives besides ethanol and they need to be developed as fast as possible. @UncleBen:thanks for your comment. There are other alternatives besides ethanol and they need to be developed as fast as possible.

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]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-4 Geo Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:15:25 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-4 Ethanol is no cushion, it is a scapegoat, it is big business oil all over again. We don't need New technology to solve the energy crisis, it is already here! We have solar panels that work At Night. We have bacterium that create hydrogen, natural gas, and water out of polluted water, carbon dioxide and sunlight. We have Plasma Converters that break solid matter down to it's trace elements, creates burnable, clean gas called PCG, And is energy positive, using the breaking down of the molecular bonds to repower itself... The "technology of the future" is here, it just isn't business smart. Ethanol is no cushion, it is a scapegoat, it is big business oil all over again. We don’t need New technology to solve the energy crisis, it is already here! We have solar panels that work At Night. We have bacterium that create hydrogen, natural gas, and water out of polluted water, carbon dioxide and sunlight. We have Plasma Converters that break solid matter down to it’s trace elements, creates burnable, clean gas called PCG, And is energy positive, using the breaking down of the molecular bonds to repower itself… The “technology of the future” is here, it just isn’t business smart.

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-3 Deaves Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:05 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-3 I think the benefits of corn ethanol outweigh their drawbacks. It is not intended to solve the worlds energy crisis, either right now, or any time in the future, it is simply designed to relieve the pressure on fossil fuel production and allow us time until we can develop other technologies that will solve our energy needs. Also corn ethanol research has led to cellulosic ethanol which uses the natural by products and organic wastes from corn production that would otherwise go to waste. These technologies are helping us and they are a step in the right direction, even if they don't appear to be the be all and end all of energy sources. I think the benefits of corn ethanol outweigh their drawbacks. It is not intended to solve the worlds energy crisis, either right now, or any time in the future, it is simply designed to relieve the pressure on fossil fuel production and allow us time until we can develop other technologies that will solve our energy needs. Also corn ethanol research has led to cellulosic ethanol which uses the natural by products and organic wastes from corn production that would otherwise go to waste. These technologies are helping us and they are a step in the right direction, even if they don’t appear to be the be all and end all of energy sources.

]]> http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-2 Uncle B Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:25:01 +0000 http://chemicallygreen.com/inconvient-truth-about-ethanol/#comment-2 Ethanol will at the very least reduce the size of the fat American asses we see on the net! NB:These people have been poisoned by cheap corn sugar products! Using human food products to fuel autos smacks of mental illness, addition problems like moral lassitude, convenience and greed! Besides, Algae fed on sewage and compostibles from landfill feeds can, by absorbing solar energy, grow a good grade of bio-diesel, a solar fuel in a way! A much smarter way to the same end, and nobody goes hungry because people don't eat Algae! Using deserts to make solar power then going plug in hybrid is also renewable - forever! Ethanol will at the very least reduce the size of the fat American asses we see on the net! NB:These people have been poisoned by cheap corn sugar products! Using human food products to fuel autos smacks of mental illness, addition problems like moral lassitude, convenience and greed! Besides, Algae fed on sewage and compostibles from landfill feeds can, by absorbing solar energy, grow a good grade of bio-diesel, a solar fuel in a way! A much smarter way to the same end, and nobody goes hungry because people don’t eat Algae! Using deserts to make solar power then going plug in hybrid is also renewable - forever!

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