Re: Ethanol From Sugar Cane




"John W. Bienko" <as312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The production of Ethanol takes more energy than
the Ethanol provides..
It is NOT environmentally recommended.

The jury is still out on that. Different studies give different results.
I've heard energy balance figures from 0.5 to (I think) 3.8
/Lars j


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