"Robert Sturgeon" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:39:12 -0600, dazed and confuzzed
wrote:

Dave Lyon wrote:

It takes more oil energy to produce a gallon of grain Ethanol than
you can get back by burning same IIRC.




No it doesn't That's a lie that has been originated by oil companies.

Only wingers believe it.


actually, it's true.

I've read that is takes more energy to make ethanol than
ethanol provides, which wouldn't be too surprising. I
really doubt that it takes more OIL energy to make ethanol
that ethanol provides. I would like to see some proof of
that claim.


In the articles that I've read, that claim it requires more energy to
produce ethanol than it yields, they include the SOLAR energy required to
grow the corn.
So, technically, it is true. If you exclude the solar energy, which would
otherwise be wasted, then it is not true.