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Originally Posted by LizardKing
It takes as much, or more, petroleum to turn corn into ethanol to fuel your car as it takes petroleum to fuel your car.
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Nah, that's based on David Pimentel's research from over a decade ago, and has been discredited. He continues to rely on outdated data (that was questionable to start with anyway) to make this "negative efficiency" pronouncement. Other studies have shown ethanol production to have a net energy gain.