Re: Why is the supply of E85 fuel so tightly controlled?

"John_H" <john4721@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Snapper wrote:
>>In reply to John_H's comment below...
>>
>>> > AFAIK the largest manufacturer of ethanol in Oz is currently CSR,
>>> > using mol***** from sugar (which is a crop)... their Sarina plant
>>> > (south of Mackay) has a capability of around 300ML pa.  Manildra run
>>> > second at 60ML.
>>
>>I just ran some figures through the calculator.
>>
>>Based on Victoria having 4 million cars and each of them using 70l of
>>petrol a week, to run the fleet on E85 we would need around 2,184
>>megalitres of ethanol a year, just for Victoria.
>
> Shows it for the farce it is (as an oil substitute)!
>
>>How much land would you need to set aside to grow crops to cater for
that
>>sort of production?
>
> No land is ever likely to be set aside from human food production for
> ethanol, either here or anywhere else.

That depends.
If the amount western countries are willing to pay for energy exceeds what

'locals' will pay for food, what do you reckon the average farmer in a
thrid 
world country will want to grow?

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Kwyj.