prodigal son

July 11th, 2007 at 09:57pm prodigal son 24

Assume an SUV fuel tank holds 29 gallons.  Let’s say the SUV drives itself to the nearest E85 fueling station (formerly known as a “gas station”), and fills-up. The amount of ethanol required is approx. 25 gallons.  How much corn is required to make that amount of ethanol?

a.) 25lbs

b.)50lbs

c.)250lbs

d.)450lbs

Answer: d. 450lbs of corn, enough to feed a third world peasant for a year, would be required.  The price of corn has more than doubled over the past year.

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