The net energy balance is about 1.6. Positive, regarding energy required to make the product. Our 03 Dodge caravan drops 11% in mileage when using E85, vs regular gas. E85 is currently 55-60 cents cheaper than gas. If it is 40 cents under gas, we come out way ahead to use E85, so any consumer is way ahead with a Flex-fuel vehicle. Scott- the byproduct of corn made into ethanol is DDGS- an excellent high-protein cattle feed....so, unlike what the uninformed/ignorant US public thinks...corn going into ethanol is not used up, wasted, or thrown away...Distillers, just like mash from any distillery, for years, has always been recycled into good cattle feed. Now, researchers are working on diets for other classes of livestock. Hogs can efficiently use distillers in their diets at about a 15% rate. other single-stomach animals, like turkeys, chickens, maybe less, but the DDGS has value, so nothing in the corn goes to waste. Simply a matter of re-calculating diets according to the available feedstuffs.
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