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Bandit

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6. Not sure I understand what is so green about ethanol. It puts out Carbon Dioxide just like petroluem

Reply to DesMoinesDem (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 03:35 PM

Nov 2013

While it is renewable it still is for internal combustion engines....We need electric, and we need to be more creative with how we produce our electricity..

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The secret, dirty cost of Obama's green power push [View all] DesMoinesDem Nov 2013 OP

I'm no fan of the overfarming of corn blogslut Nov 2013 #1

I saw this article and wanted to post it Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #4

Not to mention the blanket term "green power". blogslut Nov 2013 #5

...not to mention the GMO mutant pollen released, and the billions of gallons of glyphosate Berlum Nov 2013 #2

Well, there's no winning on this one frazzled Nov 2013 #3

Not sure I understand what is so green about ethanol. It puts out Carbon Dioxide just like petroluem Bandit Nov 2013 #6

The CO2 it puts out was recently in the atmosphere - it's not adding new CO2. jeff47 Nov 2013 #7

Plants literally build themselves out of thin air. bananas Nov 2013 #10

If the goal is to carbon capture, we should probably look at other methods. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #11

That's not the goal. bananas Nov 2013 #12

You realize there can be more than one goal, right? So, yes, carbon capture is the goal. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #13

Keep in mind there's two kinds of ethanol jeff47 Nov 2013 #8

There's no such thing as clean energy that goes into cars. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #9

From 2007? And who started this push? Try harder! babylonsister Nov 2013 #14

Obama, Obama, Obama... More Obama-bashing from the TeaLeft. Yawn. RBInMaine Nov 2013 #15