Re: would like your input on alternative fuels

Posted by IaGary on July 03, 2006 at 14:37:30 from (67.55.193.117):

In Reply to: would like your input on alternative fuels posted by Truth seeker on July 03, 2006 at 08:14:16:

OK Lets see if this seems logical to anyone but me.

Farmers are not useing more energy to produce the crop dollar wise than what it is worth or we would be losing money and would get out....

Prosessors of bio fuels are not using more money dollar wise to produce the fuel than the final product is worth or they would be broke also.

So where does it come from that it takes more energy to produce a gallon of fuel than the energy you get out of it?

I use 5 gallon of fuel per acre for equipment.
And I use $65 dollars worth of fertilizer per acre.If we allow another $20 an acre for energy in chemicals and seed.Thats a total of $100 an acre for energy if I let all my fert dollars be considered energy.

That acre will easily produce 150 bu at $2.00 bu or $300 return on just energy cost.

And I know the bio fuel companies make a margin on there end products.

Do they consider the value on the by products in the production of bio fuels?

Gluten (sp?) is used to replace the grain in feed rations.

So we're taking the grain and removing the energy and feeding the rest to the livestock.

Sorry for the long post but I must be missing something after reading the other post on here.

What am I missing?

My thoughts Gary

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