Re: Reply: Env. Impacts of Biofuel

T. Hodges (thodges@beta.tricity.wsu.edu)
Thu, 18 May 1995 14:23:37 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 18 May 1995, John Henning, Ag Economics, Macdonald Campus, McGi wrote:

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> Re: JULIE ELFVING's questions on corn and ethanol
> - Environmental Impacts of Biofuels
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Did I see something a while ago suggesting that the energy cost of producing
corn by conventional means was greater than the energy production?
In other words that this was a means of transforming fossil fuels into
food, but not a way of increasing stored energy?

Tom
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