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Re:Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax by yuhong on Monday February 13, 2017 @04:58PM (#13639167)
And burning the ethanol in say power plants would not be hard even back then and better than burning fossil fuels, right?
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Re:Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax by r00fus on Monday February 13, 2017 @06:09PM (#13639718)
EROEI would have something to say about that - where's the power used in harvesting and refining the sugar vs. refining crude oil?

BioFuels, unless you're talking about biodiesel which was generally using waste byproduct, are a losing proposition.

Solar, Nuclear, Wind all provide a much higher total output than biofuels.

[1] http://www.roperld.com/science/minerals/EROEIFossilFuels.htm

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Re:Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax by yuhong on Monday February 13, 2017 @06:10PM (#13639726)
The point is whether it would be better than eating the sugar, hence why I posted the nytimes link.
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Re:Government-grade spyware hits Mexican advocates of soda tax by r00fus on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @01:50AM (#13641728)
The point is not to invest in sugar or corn creation in the first place simply to have it turn into fuel or sweeteners.
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