Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Daniel J. Stern" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Pooh Bear wrote:
>>
>> > Alcohol does *not* require more energy to 'manufacture' compared to
>> > gasoline. It's an 'old wives tale' that one.
>>
>> You're just as wrong. Whether it does or doesn't depends on the
processes
>> used, the feedstock, the grade and type of alcohol produced, and other
>> factors.
>
>The latest high efficiency plants can produce ethanol for less than the
cost
>of extracting oil and refining it to gasoline.
MARTINIS FOR EVERYONE! You're buying!
--scott
A few years ago, a lot of ethanol out there was produced from natural gas.
I don't know if this is still true, but it was illegal to sell the stuff
for drinking purposes in the US although it was legal in Mexico.
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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