The amount of corn that it takes to produce a 20 gallon tank of ethanol could feed one person for an entire year,” Reason magazine Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey says.I suspect he means 20 gallons of straight ethanol, but of course it's blended with gasoline in a ratio of 1 to 4-10.
The ethanol problem is a good example of what's coming down the road: climate change is such a huge civilizational problem that any attempt to ameliorate it has (several) unexpected consequences.
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David,
That's why green nuclear should be pursued.
http://thoriumenergy.blogspot.com/
Thorium has little economic value other than as a nuclear fuel.
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