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Subj: Ethanol Issuies
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It would take about 300 million gallons of water for processing the product
and cooling equipment to make 100 million gallons of ethanol each year,
according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
Ethanol is a blend of gasoline and ethyl alcohol. Ethyl alcohol is an
excellent solvent and is hydroscopic, that is it adsorbs water. Acting as a
solvent, ethanol can damage the sealants used on older fiberglass fuel tanks.
According to their calculations, ethanol contains about 76,000 BTUs per
gallon, but producing that ethanol from corn takes about 98,000 BTUs. For
comparison, a gallon of gasoline contains about 116,000 BTUs per gallon. But
making that gallon of gas—from drilling the well, to transportation, through
refining—requires around 22,000 BTUs.
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