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This video was crazy, making ethanol from Corn provides something like 1% of the power of the sun hitting the square meter of farm used for it. Meanwhile using
by lathiat 5y ago
This video was crazy, making ethanol from Corn provides something like 1% of the power of the sun hitting the square meter of farm used for it. Meanwhile using tonnes of water, space, and other things. It's basically a terrible idea over-all given alternatives like electricity and solar power.
And it mostly only works because its government subsidised.
But watch the video for the full story: Real Engineering - Why Biofuels Are Terrible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpEB6hCpIGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpEB6hCpIGM
- ReactiveJelly 5y agoAg subsidies in the US are pretty wild. One study said that 75% of the price of dairy was subsidized. The fact that I haven't heard of any other studies (or that you even need a study to determine such a number) is a bizarre red flag by itself.