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To: LindyBill who wrote (122447)	6/28/2005 4:18:48 PM
From: Ish	of 793927

<<Patzek's report also highlights the potential environmental hazards of ethanol production. "When you dump nitrogen fertilizer on corn fields, it runs away as surface water, into the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico," he said.>> Oh boy, a California professor knows all about corn growing. Nitrogen, anhydrous ammonia, gets knifed into the soil, not dumped on. Farmers are cheap and bury the nitrogen so it doesn't run away. It's also treated with N-Serve so it binds to the soil. Parks, golf courses and LAWNS are where it's spread on top of the soil. That corn will be grown, ethanol or not. Ethanol is a byproduct. Only the starch is used, the other 40 pounds from a bushel of corn used to make ethanol goes to high protein animal food and corn oil. That sure changes the energy in and energy out equation.

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