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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2007-12-10 05:48 pm

It's not easy being green

According to THE ECONOMIST, if you fill up your SUV with corn ethanol in order to save the planet, you've just used enough maize to feed a person for a year.

This is beside the question of whether corn ethanol from US Agribusiness Inc. provides a net energy gain.

[identity profile] otterdance.livejournal.com 2007-12-11 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Not to mention the amount of water to grow the grain.