Filed in archive Sustainable Development by Miche on July 13, 2007

There's a big debate about whether ethanol is a sustainable biofuel. Granted, that article likes to generalize and completely leave out the fact there are other biofuels (such as human excrement), and borders on fear mongering, but nevertheless makes a very valid point.

Ethanol, which is made from corn, increased the demand for corn, and is therefore increasing the price of all corn-related products. One of these products is milk, since cow feed is supposedly made from corn. (I don't know why - cows are supposed to eat grass)

To me this is all basic economics, and people are just griping about a temporary problem. In all eventuality, more corn will be produced to meet the demand, with other biofuels to supplement ethanol with more efficient production methods.

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Response from: TheSUBWAY.com (04/18/08 10:30am)

We found an interesting article about the problems with Ethanol on ConsumerReports.org:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/03/ethanol-e85.html

"But there are some problems with increasing ethanol blends. Ethanol contains less energy than gasoline, so increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline will likely result in lower fuel economy. Increasing standard fuel blends from zero to 10 percent ethanol, as is happening today, has little or no impact on fuel economy. In tests, the differences occur within the margin of error, about 0.5 percent. Further increasing ethanol levels to 20 percent reduces fuel economy between 1 and 3 percent, according to testing by the DOE and General Motors. Evaluations are underway to determine if E20 will burn effectively in today's engines without impacting reliability and longevity, and also assessing potential impact on fuel economy."

TheSUBWAY.com would like to invite readers to post their own views and ideas in TheSUBWAY.com's Investor Forum:

http://investor-forum.thesubway.com/

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