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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (79097)	8/24/2006 7:15:37 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

We could reduce our oil use by that much, but the economic effect would probably go beyond a recession and accurately be described as a depression. Brazil got off gasoline completely in 15 years. "...The question then arises: “Just how much did widespread use of ethanol in BRAZIL contribute toward their energy independence?” The answer is: “Not much”. In 2005, BRAZIL produced 4.8 billion gallons of ethanol, or 114 million barrels. However, a barrel of ethanol contains approximately 3.5 million BTUs, and a barrel of oil contains approximately 6 million BTUs. Therefore, 114 million barrels of ethanol only displaced 67 million barrels of oil, around 10% of BRAZIL’s oil consumption. In other words, BRAZIL’s energy independence miracle was 10% ethanol and 90% domestic crude oil production. BRAZIL did not farm their way to energy independence..." financialsense.com futurepundit.com Message 22743468 Our great American desert could be turned into a huge solar and wind farm. Very expensive, has its own environmental issues, produces electricty but not fuel, and only capable of replacing a minor portion of our electrical use. That would create hundreds of thousands of jobs The resources put in to the effort would take away from the rest of the economy and cost jobs elsewhere. Also see bastiat.org