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Both. Here's some data from the late Prof. MacKay: http://www.withouthotair.com/Errata.html#284 http://www.withouthotair.com/Errata.html#284 : " 1 acre produ
by someguydave 9y ago
Both. Here's some data from the late Prof. MacKay:
http://www.withouthotair.com/Errata.html#284 http://www.withouthotair.com/Errata.html#284 :
" 1 acre produces 122 bushels of corn per year, which makes
122 x 2.6 US gallons of ethanol, which at 84000 BTU per gallon would
mean a power per unit area of {0.2 W/m^2}; however, the energy
inputs required to process the corn into ethanol amount to
83,000 BTU per gallon; so 99% of the energy produced is used up by
the processing, and the net power per unit area is about
{0.002 W/m^2}. The only way to get significant net power from the
corn-to-ethanol process is to ensure that all co-products are
exploited; including the energy in the co-products, the net power per
unit area is about 0.05 W/m^2."