Al Gore confesses about ethanol support

Not surprising, as ethanol is not a viable energy source. This from 2004.

"Recently, Patzek published a fifty-page study on the subject in the journal Critical Reviews in Plant Science. This time, he factored in the myriad energy inputs required by industrial agriculture, from the amount of fuel used to produce fertilizers and corn seeds to the transportation and wastewater disposal costs. All told, he believes that the cumulative energy consumed in corn farming and ethanol production is six times greater than what the end product provides your car engine in terms of power........"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050329132436.htm
 
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