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> The Bush Administration’s Great State of the Union Ethanol Scam

26 February 2006, 06:08

Yes, well, it is a scam on more than one level.

Briefly, it takes much more calories to make ethanol than it does to use that same amount of gas/diesel. That is, the process of planting, harvesting, and post processing uses more fuel than it yields in the form of ethanol.

Secondly, a set quantity of ethanol by itself cannot yield any where near the calories of gasoline of equal amount. (Look it up in any basic Organic Chemistry book. Simply count the number of hydrogen bond in ethanol versus in the average gasoline molecule to get a rough estimate.)

It’s just another talk aimed at the American pubic who’s knowledge in science is beyond stupified ignorance.

Welcome to America.