Posted by FC Andy on August 21, 2013 at 17:58:09 from (74.126.84.52):
In Reply to: ethanol question posted by greg k on August 21, 2013 at 16:04:34:
Well, the ethanol industry was founded by Midwestern farmers in corn growing states...
Sweet corn is harder to grow and produces less yield. Plus, The sugar content would be much reduced if you left it in the field to dry like field corn.
Now, While we're on the subject, and I'm no expert, I've been wondering why we aren't using grain sorghum. My understanding is that production costs are lower than corn, it grows under drought conditions better, and has similar yield.
By the way, I've got an 06 Chevy Silverado that has 65,000 miles on it, almost every mile has been burning e-85. No problems, and you should see how clean the exhaust pipe is! And the sweet smell of that e-85 burning on a winter's morning- nice!
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