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- Subject: Re: Alcohol fuels
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- From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
- Date: 23 Nov 92 12:45:59 -0600
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- In article <1992Nov23.152414.8927@rtsg.mot.com>, svoboda@rtsg.mot.com
- (David Svoboda) wrote:
- >
- > Before you make any decisions based on the cleanliness of ethanol as
- > motor fuel, be sure to have a look at the lifetime energy costs of the
- > technology. [..more deleted...]
-
- Right on. I'd be interested in the economics of corn growing given that
- fertilizer is now a requisite for growing corn and fertilizer is a
- petroleum product. I'd like anyone who has romantic visions of farming
- to drive across old rt 6 in Iowa. That grey, lifeless earth was once
- vital soil. Now it is merely an inert matrix used to temporarily
- hold fertilizer and moisture. The soil has long passed its lifetime.
- It is already dead.
-