Re: An unusual sight

indigo wrote:
> Heidi wrote:
>> "Charles" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
>>> Well, that's not a really good idea, eh?  It costs more, in terms
>>> of fuel, to produce biodiesel than you get out of it.  Where's the
>>> sense in that? Ah, right, spending money makes the economy run.
>>> It's dumb.
>> Where does it say that?  It ain't foreign oil........isn't that what
>> everyone's all cranky about?
> 
> Same thing about our new "savior" ethanol. It costs more energy to produce
> it than you get back from burning it in an engine.
> 
> 

I am sure I watched a report or read that it is only expensive now 
because of the relatively low quantities of 'ethanol' that is being 
produced right now.
If the production amounts were the same as regular 'gas' it would be a 
heck of a lot cheaper.