• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    The problem with ethanol that both of you seem unaware of is how energy intensive it is to create ethanol. It takes about 5 gallons of fuel to produce 4 gallons of ethanol.

    Let me repeat that: when producing ethanol, you have to spend more fuel than you produce

    • NecroticEuphoria@lemmy.ml
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      11 hours ago

      Ethanol is also used in food and as a disinfectant.

      I don’t disagree with how bad the production of Ethanol and such can be, just the comparison to AI data centers in terms of cost and usefulness in return.