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08-08-2010, 10:13	#16
GordMay Senior Cruiser Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 50,210 Images: 241	If all the energy inputs are counted, it takes 1.43 liters of oil to produce 1 liter of ethanol. __________________ Gord May "If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

08-08-2010, 10:57

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Originally Posted by GordMay

If all the energy inputs are counted, it takes 1.43 liters of oil to produce 1 liter of ethanol.

Exactly Gord

Add to that the reduced BTU output, some say 30% and it just doesn’t add up.

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