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Re:Grass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn Does by baseline-shift on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:26AM (#36237185)
That article was 15 years ago, back in 2008. If it was a better alternative, we'd have seen it by now.
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Re:Grass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn Does by RajT88 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:30AM (#36237217)
You are correct that there's no better alternative.

But that's not according to emissions or energy density. It's about Politics.

Politically, there's no better alternative to corn ethanol.

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Re:Grass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn Does by activiation on Thursday June 08, 2023 @09:50AM (#36241880)
Maybe it's because corn is subsidized.
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