[geeks] ethanol...

[Dan Duncan]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Andrew Sydelko wrote:
> There's a flip side to that argument. Even though ethanol consumes
> more energy than it produces, at least the energy it consumes doesn't
> have to come from outside of the U.S. Ethanol requires heat to be
> produced. That heat does not have to come from fossil fuels. If tomorrow
> we stopped receiving oil from overseas, we could still produce ethanol
> by using a different heat source, such as nuclear.

Even if you use coal or petroleum it doesn't have to come from outside
the US.

-DanD

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