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$2 or higher gas - Can ethanol make a comeback?
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1426The science is clear about ethanol By TOM STILL | Wisconsin Technology Council richardred-7/15/2006
1425Environmentalist challenges rapid growth of grain-based ethanol DES MOINES, Iowrichardred-7/15/2006
1424Schwarzenegger: Calif. needs bioenergy development Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:17pm ET9 richardred-7/15/2006
1423Countries like India are looking into Ethanol because they have adequate supplierichardred-7/15/2006
1422Now that's an interesting article about sugar cane ethanol. I had been thinThink4Yourself-7/15/2006
1421Record Oil Prices May Spur Demand for Ethanol ``The demand for ethanol will rielmatador-7/14/2006
1420re: "That's why E85 isn't the answer. If they upped the compressionThink4Yourself-7/14/2006
1419<<The only way ethanol can compensate for it's low energy content is bIsh-7/14/2006
1418re: "The 10% got around 2% better mileage than the straight gas did." Think4Yourself-7/14/2006
1417<<That will go a long way towards substituting Ethanol for MTBE as an antiIsh-7/14/2006
1416"129,600 British thermal units of energy are required to produce one gallonThink4Yourself-7/14/2006
1415That will go a long way towards substituting Ethanol for MTBE as an antiknock adThink4Yourself-7/14/2006
1414Even with demand going up we will still have a billion and a half bushels of carIsh-7/14/2006
1413I did hear something about the China crops this year. Guess now I need to startThink4Yourself-7/14/2006
1412<<Corn demand is already going up, as are prices. >> Way up. 30 cenIsh-7/14/2006
1411re: "sugarcane is not feedstock, corn is. Thus taking all the corn grown inThink4Yourself-7/14/2006
1410<i> That is why the ethanol industry successfully lobbied for high tariffsmanalagi-7/13/2006
1409Yes, that is a much more intelligent answer than what is happening now. That isThink4Yourself-7/13/2006
1408Tax USD goes to pay oil in the former of defense budget. It is a desguised subsielmatador-7/13/2006
1407"Brazil also has virtually unlimited land to grow sugar cane" Import eelmatador-7/13/2006
1406The only thing made ready with snap of a finger is in the Genesis book. All the elmatador-7/13/2006
1405Well said. One other major point is that sugarcane has a MUCH higher ethanol yiThink4Yourself-7/13/2006
1404Next year GM will produce E85 vehicles, yes, 85% ethanol. They get less mileage manalagi-7/13/2006
1403Do you have any idea just HOW much of your tax dollars are going to support ethaThink4Yourself-7/13/2006
1402What is ethanol going to do about an Iran crisis? If we turn ALL of our corn inThink4Yourself-7/13/2006
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