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cynus on January 18, 2007 - 10:19am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Here's something worth reading: "Ethanol From Biomass: Can It Substitute for Gasoline?" from a forthcoming book by Michael McElroy, a professor of environmental studies at Harvard University.
http://www-as.harvard.edu:16080/people/faculty/mbm/Ethanol_chapter1.pdf

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DIYer on January 18, 2007 - 11:07pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

So according to McElroy (Table 12.2), the ERoEI of corn ethanol is somewhere between 0.68 and 1.052. Interesting ...

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austex on January 18, 2007 - 11:22pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Started reading the link above since I'm currently rather fascinated with ethanol, but quickly noticed that Pimentel is being repeatedly referenced so I stopped so would not waste any more of my time.

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Asebius on January 19, 2007 - 3:44am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Myself, I find every nightmare I have about Dave Pimental also features starving Mexicans.

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