more efficient than petroleum

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Posted by Don in Missouri [162.158.75.115] on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 15:21:42 :

In Reply to: Ethanol a stupid idea brought to you by Congress posted by Galen [162.158.79.38] on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 13:31:51 :

Ethanol produces twice as much usable energy than it takes to produce.

For every unit of energy put into extracting and refining petroleum, you end up with only 0.8 units of usable energy in finished fuel. This includes all the gasoline, diesel and other coproducts of refining crude oil.

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Re: more efficient than petroleum - Galen 15:44:13 02/23/2017

That is including all the inputs - Don in Missouri 16:16:06 02/23/2017
Re: more efficient than petroleum - Chewie 16:05:58 02/23/2017

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