Dargo:
"Good point. They are not burning more fossil fuel to produce the lower BTU ethanol like our brilliant government is. What's worse, most of the fossil fuel used to produce the low BTU ethanol is diesel, which has more BTU's per gallon than straight gasoline. That makes the trade off even worse!"
I thought all the Ethanol producing locations in 27 States in the US were privately owned. I was totally unaware the government owned any of them. 14.109.4 million gallons of Ethanol is a lot of gas stretcher.
Rank State Nameplate Capacity
(Million Gallons
Per Year)
1 Iowa 3,549.0
2 Nebraska 1,764.0
3 Illinois 1,226.0
4 Minnesota 1,136.6x
5 South Dakota 1,016.0
6 Indiana 913.0
7 Ohio 538.0
8 Wisconsin 498.0
9 Kansas 491.5
10 North Dakota 358.0
11 Michigan 265.0
12 Missouri 261.0
13 Texas 250.0
14 Tennessee 220.0
15 California 199.5
16 New York 164.0
17 Oregon 148.0
18 Colorado 125.0
19 Pennsylvania 110.0
20 Georgia 100.4
21 Virginia 65.0
22 Arizona 55.0
23 Idaho 54.0
23 Mississippi 54.0
24 Kentucky 35.4
25 New Mexico 30.0
26 Wyoming 6.5
27 Louisiana 1.5
United States Total 14,109.4
"Good point. They are not burning more fossil fuel to produce the lower BTU ethanol like our brilliant government is. What's worse, most of the fossil fuel used to produce the low BTU ethanol is diesel, which has more BTU's per gallon than straight gasoline. That makes the trade off even worse!"
I thought all the Ethanol producing locations in 27 States in the US were privately owned. I was totally unaware the government owned any of them. 14.109.4 million gallons of Ethanol is a lot of gas stretcher.
Rank State Nameplate Capacity
(Million Gallons
Per Year)
1 Iowa 3,549.0
2 Nebraska 1,764.0
3 Illinois 1,226.0
4 Minnesota 1,136.6x
5 South Dakota 1,016.0
6 Indiana 913.0
7 Ohio 538.0
8 Wisconsin 498.0
9 Kansas 491.5
10 North Dakota 358.0
11 Michigan 265.0
12 Missouri 261.0
13 Texas 250.0
14 Tennessee 220.0
15 California 199.5
16 New York 164.0
17 Oregon 148.0
18 Colorado 125.0
19 Pennsylvania 110.0
20 Georgia 100.4
21 Virginia 65.0
22 Arizona 55.0
23 Idaho 54.0
23 Mississippi 54.0
24 Kentucky 35.4
25 New Mexico 30.0
26 Wyoming 6.5
27 Louisiana 1.5
United States Total 14,109.4