As usual… the “green” movement has some serious explaining to do:
California regulators have apparently discovered it ain’t easy being green…
- “ethanol yields about 30% less energy per gallon of gasoline, so miles per gallon in internal combustion engines drop significantly.”
- It generates less than two units of energy for every unit of energy used to produce it.
- It takes about 1,700 gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol. Each acre of corn requires about 130 pounds of nitrogen and 55 pounds of phosphorous.
- Increased acreage means increased agricultural runoff, which is creating aquatic “dead zones” in our rivers, bays and coastal areas.
- It releases nitrous oxide as well as CO2, which is said to trap heat at a rate 300 times more than an equivalent amount of CO2.
Next time you hear an environmentalist lecturing you on how YOU need to adopt some new “green” solution… think beyond step one.