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Originally Posted by Big Daddy  What are we talking about? Storage for Fertilizer? Were do you think these fertillizer comes from? Fossile Fuel........ we will need to produce and use more fosil fuels to make a more exspensive, less eficiant replacement. (Ethanol)  Now how can that make sense. |
Good point.
Let's break it down.....
1. Ethanol plant takes huge amounts of water, and natural gas to run the boiler for it's process.
2. Ethanol plant will need lots of corn to make the ethanol.
3. More corn usage will raise prices of corn.
4. Higher corn prices will coax local farmers to grow more corn.
5. Growing corn takes huge amounts of water.
6. Growing corn takes Anhydrous Ammonia to nourish the soil to produce more corn yields.
7. Growing and harvesting corn will take more diesel fuel for the farm equipment to fertilize, plant, cultivate and harvest.
8. Anhydrous Ammonia comes from Natural Gas.
9. A vehicle running on ethanol will not travel as far as a vehicle running on gasoline.
10. Parts on a vehicle running ethanol will break down sooner than the same car running on gasoline.
If we really want to conserve energy and burn cleaner fuel, why don't we just skip all the above and convert vehicles to natural gas.