I just read an excerpt from a book that I thought made a lot of sense.
The New Atlantis » Achieving Energy Victory
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The world economy currently runs on oil, a resource controlled by our enemies. This threatens to leave us prostrate. It must change—and it can change, quickly.
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In the back of my head was something I had heard a while back - that it takes more energy to make alcohol than you get from it. It seems that there are studies on both sides of the fence on this one. Personally, I don't believe it, but I think you can make it look like it does if you make some poor assumptions and use worst case scenarios....
Can anyone can inteligentally dispute what he says, with hard logic and evidence?