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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



Jay Hanson <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:
> > I suppose that rules out growing trees for firewood then, or growing
out-
> > of-season vegetables and flowers out of season in glasshouses.  Using
> > agricultural crops to produce motor fuel is out of the question too.
> > A pity, they all sounded such a good idea ;-)
> 
> Actually, according to the work of H. T. Odum, ethanol is a net energy
> loss when one considers the fossil inputs.
> 
> I can look up a reference if you are interested.
> 

Please do, and post.

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Mike Asher
masher@tusc.net


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