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

Snapper wrote:
>John_H wrote...
>
>> >And what sort of energy requirements would you need to plant the
crops,
>> >grow the crops (and water, fertiliser, etc.) and then to harvest the
crops
>> >and finally to process the crops into ethanol?
>> 
>> In spite of what those such as David Pimentel have claimed (and whose
>> figures have been thoroughly debunked) the energy returns are well and
>> truly positive (especially when the main energy input comes directly
>> from the sun).  If they weren't no one could afford to grow the crops,
>
>I'm talking about planting and harvesting, then the processing of the
grain into
>the fuel, ready for ****pping, not the actual growing of the crops.

So am I!
There's plenty of figures to ponder here....
http://www.ncga.com/ethanol/pdfs/netEnergyBalanceUpdate2004.pdf

-- 
John H