On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:54:09 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:45:13 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

It takes some ammount of energy to move here to
there. I'd have said to do more drilling, and
issue more permits for refineries.

Can't remember where or when I saw it, but making Ethanol takes more
water to produce than fracking. Something like 12,000 bottles vs one
gallon?

Product Water Used

1 gal. of gasoline 2 to 2.5
1 gallon of ethanol 3
1 can of fruit 9.3
1 gallon of paint 13
1 lb of sugar 14
1 lb of plastic 24
1 lb of synthetic rubber 55
1 lb of cotton 101
1 Sunday newspaper 150

Source: U.S. Grains Council/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/ethanol/wateruse.cfm