enough alcohol in one year's yield to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate for a hundred years

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Sun May-18-08 09:21 PM
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enough alcohol in one year's yield to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate for a hundred years

"There's enough alcohol in one year's yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for a hundred years." Henry Ford
http://www.runet.edu/~wkovarik/papers/fuel.html

http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/manage/newsletters/fefo06_07/fefo06_07.html

2.9 gallons to produce 300 gallons of ethanol from one acre
2.0 gallons to produce 60 gallons of bio diesel from one acre
And after processing, two thirds of the corn/soybean is left over as high quality animal feed.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZZrhgJjsvLI/RtMDV9quO8I/AAAAAAAAAQE/0EROZ82YPK4/s400/2007-08-26+Steam+Show++75+.JPG
http://edandclyda.blogspot.com/2007/08/antique-tractor-show.html
Antique alcohol fueled tractor

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