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gasoline. A comparable engine optimized to run on ethanol will deliver the same
or higher miles per gallon, and the ethanol fuel is less expensive.
You basically close out your article by writing "Some argue these costs are
worth it for ethanol's environmental advantages. But research shows there's
hardly anything "green" about it...To get a full sense of environmental effects of
ethanol production, it's necessary to take into account all emissions associated
with growing corn for fuel. That includes those from farm equipment used to
clear land, plant seeds, irrigate, and harvest crops. Don't forget the pollution
emitted hauling ethanol from factories to refineries to gas stations...In short,
ethanol isn't nearly as clean as its proponents suggest. Indeed, the greenhouse
gases produced during a fuel cycle for ethanol are roughly the same as that
produced by petroleum-based fuels... These emissions add up."
This information is so ignorant and so naive that it's hard to believe you took
the time to use it. To begin with, if you want to see the difference in emissions
advantage of ethanol versus gasoline, just watch either or both of these short
YouTube videos:
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