[asa] tractors are needed to grow corn

>>> "j burg" <hossradbourne@gmail.com> 06/13/08 9:53 AM >>>
On 6/13/08, drsyme@cablespeed.com <drsyme@cablespeed.com> wrote:
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> Is it just me or does it seem obvious that, in the big picture, the answer
> to both of these problems is the same? We have to stop burning fossil
> fuels.
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Yes. Interesting enough, ethanol does not have GW effects. An ear of
corn, whether it rots on the stalk, is eaten, or turned into fuel,
only returns to the atmosphere what it already used in growing.

I have yet seen corn grown without a lot of fossil fuel for the tractor and that takes fossil fuel.

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