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Skriven 2007-02-03 18:16:00 av Jeff Binkley (1:226/600)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Sakowski
Ärende: Re: WETBACKS, THE BORDER,
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BS>> Ultimately the way to go for the next 50 or so years but right now
BS>> hydrogen is too expensive to manufacture.  Like ethanol, it takes
BS>> more  energy to create than it provides for transportation.  Until
BS>> that is  resolved, none of these alternative fuel sources will be a
BS>> benefit. Mass  production of hydrogen or ethanol will drive up the
BS>> usage of  electricity, which will drive up the burning of coal.
BS>> Remember, the  greenies don't want nuclear reactors, except in
BS>> France, where 70% of the  electricity is generated using nuclear
BS>> power.

BS>You really need to do a bit more research, Jeff for you are sounding
BS>like an ignorant fool.

BS>One word:  Brazil.

It is you who is truly ignorant.  Your lack of knowledge is evident in
that you have no idea how much energy is needed to create ethanol.  From
a physics perspective it is a very lossy usage of energy.

http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm

Even if we assume this is wrong you cannot debate that we are exhanging a small
hole in the ground for oil acres of farmland for crops and massive amounts of
electricity to manufacture the ethanol, much of which will be done by burning
coal.  Couple that with the pollution that comes out of the ethanol plants and
burning ethanol in cars still creates pollution, you end up with a losing
situation when done on a large scale.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/03/tech/main508006.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel


Jeff

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