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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz
still takes away from a food source and uses land and resources to grow/harvest/process it
ethanol is also less efficient
Last stats i saw were that it takes a 1.5 gallons of ethanol to produce the same energy as a gallon of gas.
Going forward producing enough food for a growing population is going to further squeeze ethanol out as a energy source.
Full court press on electricity imo
Maybe hydrogen/electricity, maybe just straight battery/electricity ... whatever works best.
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I think some South American countries use sugar beet.
I think cane and beet produces a much higher yield than corn.