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Originally Posted by livvie
W wouldn't mention any other bio-diesel... the lobbyists are forcing ethanol down our throats and it's the wrong way to go. Show me a study that says ethanol in the long or short turn is better for us, compared to bio-diesel.
I stay clear from any gas station that uses ethanol blends, my car runs like crap when I do.
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I'm all for Biodiesel ... but am not planning to protest Ethanol either.
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Discovery Channel News - Jan. 31, 2006 — A new study on how much energy goes into making fuels from corn and other plants shows it's a better deal than previously reported.
In recent years, "biofuels" like ethanol and "biodiesel" have been accused of requiring more energy to produce than they yield. Not so, say California researchers who have taken another look at the numbers.
"The (past) studies that reported a negative net energy assumed one should ignore co-products," said biofuel researcher Alexander Farrell of the University of California at Berkeley.
But co-products, like the leaves, stalks and husks of a corn plant, for instance, can be sold and either burned as a fuel or made into other products. "There's no good argument for just ignoring them," Farrell said.
That's especially true as biochemists are discovering ways to reduce even the woodier parts of plants into usable fuels and other products, Farrell explained.