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Old 07-20-2005, 10:06 AM
ElectricTroy ElectricTroy is offline
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Default Re: Biofuels provide less energy than their production requires.

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Originally Posted by MGBGT
Abstract:
• Ethanol production using corn grain required 29% more fossil energy than the ethanol fuel produced. • Biodiesel production using soybean required 27% more fossil energy than the biodiesel fuel produced


I don't understand this. Plants are basically Nature's Solar Cells. They capture free energy from the sun. That sun energy is then liquified & put into cars.

How can there be a net energy loss, when there's solar input???

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