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Critics like to cite a 2005 study that shows a negative energy balance for ethanol, but that study was coauthored by a former oil company employee. It is contradicted by five others showing that corn ethanol delivers 20 to 50 percent more energy output than it takes to produce, and cellulosic up to 600 percent more.

Vinod Khosla, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, has two articles in Wired this month defending ethanol. One, "My Big Biofuels Bet," is long and exhaustive (but entertaining), the other a straightforward dispelling of "ethanol myths," some promoted by a recent article in Consumer Reports. Worth reading, mulling and researching.

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