[Terrapreta] Fwd: evil ethanol

[lou gold]

Hey Gerald,

I agree but it's not about "evil ethanol" but about "evil corn ethanol". Why
"evil"? Because sugarcane is 10 times more efficient, because the US corn
ethanol program is a major taxpayer funded boondoggle that is distorting
global markets and food supplies, and because the resulting jump in soybean
prices (as soy planting shifted to corn in the US) resulted in a return to
massive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Perhaps, you might agree that
these are "evil" outcomes?

hugs,

lou

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Gerald Van Koeverden <vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>
> Sorry.  I don't know.
> Whatever the case, those dollar values are all old values from several
> years ago.  This is a program that works in Excel.  Just replace those
> values, with the new ones for your area.  You can also adjust efficiency of
> the furnace, to suit your condition.
>
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> On 22-Apr-08, at 10:05 PM, MFH wrote:
>
> Gerald,
>
> Apparently a "cord" of wood can be different volumes.
>
> For example, a 'stove' cord is 4ft x 8ft x 12" and a 'face' cord is 4ft x
> 9ft x 16", whereas a full cord is 4ft x 8ft x 4ft.
>
> Do you know which is used in the Excel spreadsheet?  If it's a full cord
> then $130 sounds too cheap.
>
> Max H
>
>
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> ] *On Behalf Of *Gerald Van Koeverden
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 23 April 2008 5:08 AM
> *To:* terra pretta group
> *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] evil ethanol
>
> Sorry.
>
> Lost the actual link. Here's the whole program
>
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