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Old 06-14-2014, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
Its made from sugarcane.
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Brazil’s 37-year-old ethanol fuel program is based on the most efficient agricultural technology for sugarcane cultivation in the world,[12] uses modern equipment and cheap sugar cane as feedstock, the residual cane-waste (bagasse) is used to produce heat and power, which results in a very competitive price and also in a high energy balance (output energy/input energy), which varies from 8.3 for average conditions to 10.2 for best practice production
Yes. And they also make ethanol out of sawgrass. We have lobbyists and politics to blame for our lousy methods of making ethanol and the resulting increase in food prices and move to genetically modified corn. But don't get me started.
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