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Old 27 Nov 2008, 20:13 (Ref:2342923)   #13
Leighton Irwin
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Leighton Irwin should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
US Ethanol have dropped out of the supply to IRL of fuel. IRL has a convoluted deal with Brazil Ethanol now. The IRL press release is a master of doubletalk. It also appears Rahal has lost all Ethanol money.
There is more and more discussion on the use of Ethanol in the US and Canada. Corn is used to produce it and it is not the most efficient product. It is also driving the cost of corn up, affecting animal farmers as corn is a main feed. Up goes the cost of meat. The amount of corn consumed for human use is tiny compared to feed corn.
Also with present technology more energy is expanded to produce a gallon of Ethanol than it produces. It also requires trememdous amounts of water and is creating problems with the water table in some areas. There probably is a way to recapture and reuse the water. However that would increase the cost of distilling the Ethanol.
Brazil uses sugar beet which is more efficient than corn.
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