[SEL] Corn-gas a BUST!

[JIM KIRKES]

Sugar cane has a much higher yield than corn and so gets a 
better deal for the consumer.  Corn is a loser sugar cane 
just might come out ahead.

Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
Hemet, CA
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Lowe" <plowe at exemail.com.au>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Corn-gas a BUST!


You ever driven across the USA and see how much corn you 
guys produce. All
we saw for days and days was corn when we drove across in 
1999 and 2003.
We use sugar cane here for ethanol.
My car uses 10% ethanol 90% unleaded and runs fine.

The Pajero TR4 Flex, featuring a 2.0-liter engine capable on 
running on
blends from 100% gasoline to 100% ethanol, was launched in 
July of this
year.

>From Brazil:
Brazil produced 4 billion gallons of ethanol in 2004, some 
37 percent of the
world total, while the U.S. churned out 3.4 billion gallons, 
31 percent of
the world's share. The country also exported 634 million 
gallons -- 112
million of that to the U.S. -- and its government is pushing 
to clear more
land for production. Its vast size and tropical climate are 
perfect for the
production of sugar cane, which is said to have better 
energy conversion
rates than corn, the primary source for ethanol in the U.S. 
What's more,
Brazilian producers burn cellulosic stalk of sugar cane to 
make energy that
fuels the entire industrial process. That is why their 
production costs are
half that of corn.

I guess the downfall here is we lose our rainforests.

Ain't Politics grand

Peter, Oz





> Why is corn being used to produce ethanol in the USA? 
> Brazil  uses sugar
> cane.
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