Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

 Adding up the energy costs of corn production and its conversion into 
ethanol, 131,000 BTUs are needed to make one gallon of ethanol. One gallon of 
ethanol has an energy value of only 77,000 BTUS. Thus, 70 percent more energy 
is required to produce ethanol than the energy that actually is in it. Every 
time you make one gallon of ethanol, there is a net energy loss of 54,000 
BTUs. . .

http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our 
most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its 
renewal is our only hope.
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