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To: elmatador who wrote (23336)	9/30/2007 8:11:07 AM
From: Arran Yuan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217878

Did anyone look into how much energy is consumed to produce 1 J of biofuel?

To: elmatador who wrote (23336)	10/2/2007 12:45:22 AM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217878

Re. biofuels, see Kunstler: Message 23926086 In particular, note this quote: <I heard a very interesting thing from a Pennsylvania farmer five months ago at a conference down there – a sustainable agriculture conference, talking about the ethanol program. And he said, "We really get what it's all about, we're going to take the last six inches of Midwestern topsoil and burn it in our gas tanks." So that's what that's about.> I also liked his remark likening "self esteem" to cocaine.