King Ethanol Will Abdicate?

Quote: AZDuffman

Same with most all energy, which is why it takes years to lock up solar energy in a tree and millions of years to lock it up in coal.

For 15 years I had a coal and wood furnace.
The amount of heat coal puts out for the
size of the fire is amazing. A couple of large
chunks of coal could heat the house for
hours. It takes a lot more wood to do the
same thing.

The key is where the source of the electricity all-electric cars. If it comes from coal, the electric cars produce 3.6 times more soot and smog deaths than gas, because of the pollution made in generating the electricity, according to the study that is published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hybrids and diesel engines are cleaner than gas, causing fewer air pollution deaths and spewing less heat-trapping gas. But ethanol isn't, with 80 percent more air pollution mortality, according to the study. "If we're using ethanol for environmental benefits, for air quality and climate change, we're going down the wrong path," Hill said.

Journal: http://www.pnas.org

Although we have discussed this point for some time, the sheer size of the number, 360%, is the highest I have heard to date.

823,551,000 short tons of coal used for electricity generation in 2012
66.45% Central States
19.88% Atlantic and New England
13.67% Mountain and Pacific
100.0% U.S. Total

22.0% East North Central
17.9% West South Central
16.3% West North Central
10.3% East South Central

14.2% South Atlantic
5.4% Middle Atlantic
0.2% New England

13.0% Mountain
0.7% Pacific