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Old 03-16-2009, 08:25 AM
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One thing not mentioned is the fact that many of the major fuel ethanol producers are having financial problems. Verasun was one of the biggest and they have gone bankrupt. The share value of many of the remaining fuel alcohol producers is in the tank.

Another thing never mentioned by politicians is the fact that fuel ethanol is energy neutral, at best. That means that the best BTU output that can be obtained is equal to the BTUs required to produce the ethanol. In addition, a car gets about 30 to 35% worse mileage on ethanol than it does on gasoline.

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