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To: SOROS who wrote (19484)	4/9/2006 12:31:58 PM
From: Land Shark	Respond to of 37387

Here's some interesting reading on ethanol from biomass: pacificethanol.net There seems to be only one study/detractor from the idea - Berkely's Patzek and Pimentel who assert that there's a net negative energy balance from ethanol. Some say he's using '91 technology in his analysis and that efficiencies in the industry have drasticly improved. For instance, plants are recycling energy and using new methods of processing grain. The vast majority of recent studies have shown a postive energy balance. Incidently, Patzek heads the UC Oil Consortium which receives oil industry funding.