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                     “Energy problem? What energy problem?”
                                        
> The state of Georgia just granted Range Fuels a permit to create the first
> cellulosic ethanol plant in America. HECK YES! This is very exciting … why?
> 
> …
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> Cellulosic ethanol can contain up to 16 times more energy than is required
> to create it! If that doesn't sound ridiculously impressive, consider that
> gasoline contains only 5 times more energy than was required to create it
> and corn ethanol is totally lame, containing only 1.3 times the energy
> required to create it.
> 

Via Instapundit [1], “Our First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant!!! [2]”

It's discoveries and work like this that makes me worry less about “Peak Oil”
than most. We're a clever species, we'll work around this problem.

[1] http://instapundit.com/archives2/007175.php
[2] http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/798/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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