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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:56:01 GMT, aarcuda69062
<nonelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>In article <423d7384_2@127.0.0.1>,
> "The Adams Family" <adamsfam@wcnet.org> wrote:
>> In reply to the how many gallons of diesel fuel it takes to produce a gallon
>> of ethanol. I am not sure how many gallons they can get from a bushel of
>> corn, but on my farm, I raise about 195 bushel average per acre and burn 4
>> gallons of diesel per acre to get it. I am sure they get several gallons per
>> bushel, so when you look at it there is no comparison. 4 gallons diesel =
>> several hundred ethanol.
>You're right, there is no comparison.
>From the Oregon department of Energy:
>
>The cost of producing ethanol varies with the cost of the
>feedstock used and the scale of production. Approximately 85
>percent of ethanol production capacity in the United States
>relies on corn feedstock. The cost of producing ethanol from corn
>is estimated to be about $1.10 per gallon. Although there is
>currently no commercial production of ethanol from cellulosic
>feedstocks such as agricultural wastes, grasses and wood, the
>estimated production cost using these feedstocks is $1.15 to
>$1.43 per gallon.
>
>Because a gallon of ethanol contains less energy than a gallon of
>gasoline, the production cost of ethanol must be multiplied by a
>factor of 1.5 to make an energy-cost comparison with gasoline.
>This means that if ethanol costs $1.10 per gallon to produce,
>then the effective cost per gallon to equal the energy contained
>in a gallon of gasoline is $1.65. In contrast, the current
>wholesale price of gasoline is about 90 cents per gallon.
>
>The federal motor fuel excise tax on gasohol, a blended fuel of
>10-percent ethanol and 90-percent gasoline, is 5.4 cents less per
>gallon than the tax on straight gasoline. In other words, the
>federal subsidy is 54 cents per gallon of ethanol when the
>ethanol is blended with gasoline. The subsidy makes
>ethanol-blended fuel competitive in the marketplace and
>stimulates the growth of an ethanol production and distribution
>infrastructure.
Anyone have any specs on bio diesel production to fuel consumed
producing it, or how the Professor that was turning pig sh*t into
crude is doing?
<nonelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>In article <423d7384_2@127.0.0.1>,
> "The Adams Family" <adamsfam@wcnet.org> wrote:
>> In reply to the how many gallons of diesel fuel it takes to produce a gallon
>> of ethanol. I am not sure how many gallons they can get from a bushel of
>> corn, but on my farm, I raise about 195 bushel average per acre and burn 4
>> gallons of diesel per acre to get it. I am sure they get several gallons per
>> bushel, so when you look at it there is no comparison. 4 gallons diesel =
>> several hundred ethanol.
>You're right, there is no comparison.
>From the Oregon department of Energy:
>
>The cost of producing ethanol varies with the cost of the
>feedstock used and the scale of production. Approximately 85
>percent of ethanol production capacity in the United States
>relies on corn feedstock. The cost of producing ethanol from corn
>is estimated to be about $1.10 per gallon. Although there is
>currently no commercial production of ethanol from cellulosic
>feedstocks such as agricultural wastes, grasses and wood, the
>estimated production cost using these feedstocks is $1.15 to
>$1.43 per gallon.
>
>Because a gallon of ethanol contains less energy than a gallon of
>gasoline, the production cost of ethanol must be multiplied by a
>factor of 1.5 to make an energy-cost comparison with gasoline.
>This means that if ethanol costs $1.10 per gallon to produce,
>then the effective cost per gallon to equal the energy contained
>in a gallon of gasoline is $1.65. In contrast, the current
>wholesale price of gasoline is about 90 cents per gallon.
>
>The federal motor fuel excise tax on gasohol, a blended fuel of
>10-percent ethanol and 90-percent gasoline, is 5.4 cents less per
>gallon than the tax on straight gasoline. In other words, the
>federal subsidy is 54 cents per gallon of ethanol when the
>ethanol is blended with gasoline. The subsidy makes
>ethanol-blended fuel competitive in the marketplace and
>stimulates the growth of an ethanol production and distribution
>infrastructure.
Anyone have any specs on bio diesel production to fuel consumed
producing it, or how the Professor that was turning pig sh*t into
crude is doing?
