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Are We at the Bottom of the Ethanol Barrel?

ethanol costs less to make than gasoline because it's heavily subsidized and external costs are not included in the price. How 'bout those nitrates, herbicides and pesticides in the local community's well water? How 'bout those fossil fuels used to synthesize fertilizers and run all that farm equipment?

It is utterly unsustainable and pointless. The corn is grown the wrong way, the process is energy intensive, farmers have been brainwashed into believing that synthetic fertilizer is necessary, etc, etc. They don't even bother to use solar thermal to cook the corn. To add insult to injury, the ethanol is burned in an extremely inefficient internal combustion engine.

No, gas and diesel infrastructure does not run on smiles and rainbows, which is one of the many reasons those fuel sources are a net loss for humanity.