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Also worth adding that growing crops for bioethanol and biodiesel is incredibly inefficient too. You get roughly 10x the energy capture through photovoltaics.
by Scoundreller 3y ago
Also worth adding that growing crops for bioethanol and biodiesel is incredibly inefficient too.
You get roughly 10x the energy capture through photovoltaics.
75% of US corn production goes to ethanol and animal feed: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-c...
- mrguyorama 3y agoDespite the marketing, the main reason we continue to use ethanol is because it's a great octane booster, especially compared to TEL (leaded gasoline) and MTBE which was poisoning everyone around gas stations. If you want modern engines, you need that octane, and ethanol is a great, cheap, safe way to do it. If you want to stop putting Ethanol into gasoline, you have to find a new octane booster that is dirt cheap, doesn't kill anyone, and won't require anyone change their engines. Or just wait for BEVs to take over.