It takes 29% more fossil fuel energy to MAKE ethanol auto fuel than the soybeans actually deliver to your car.
This is not exactly news, but now Cornell and UC-Berkeley researchers ran the numbers.
Worse, that doesn't count the $3 billion in Fed/State subsidies.
The other ethanol sources: switchgrass, wood, or sunflowers, are comparable or worse.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--ethanolstudy0717jul17%2C0%2C7883006%2Cprint.story
But your Wisconsin State Senate leadership will not be deterred by the facts.
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