Originally Posted by gregintenn
Originally Posted by shootem
How much corn does it take to grow corn?
No way I could find it to post a link, but I once read 4 gallons of diesel fuel is burned in the production of 5 gallons of ethanol. That seems pretty efficient, no?


Not to mention the environmental damage caused by growing corn. Ag runoff from the increase in corn production has significantly impacted the Gulf Dead Zone.

https://gulfhypoxia.net/dead-zone-in-gulf-linked-to-ethanol-production/

I thought saving the environment was the reason for converting our food crops to fuel was the excuse for doing all this.

Sound a lot like the lies told regarding the environmental benefits to push electric vehicles on all of us.

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