I don't see any benefit in converting corn into ethanol, and I'd be hard to convince that one can gain any energy from the endeavour. I don't care about the money aspect of it; simply the energy aspect. Agriculture for the better part of the past century has been predicated on the use of fossil fuels. It's what makes the system work. If I'm wrong about that, I'll challenge anyone, here and now to go out and find a piece of land with little to no residual nutrients (N,P,K), and grow a crop of corn without the use of ANY fossil based inputs. So... you have no fertilizer, no pesticide, probably no fuel for the tractor, no manure from a herd of cows. No nothing. Remember, this is a closed system. If the theory holds, you can grow, harvest this crop, make the ethanol, fuel the ethanol plant from this piece of ground, etc. All energy consumed MUST come from this piece of land. If the grand theory is true, you'll capture enough energy from the sun to make it work and still have ethanol left over to sell...
I'm not holding my breath on this one lest I suffocate.
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