The Carbohydrate Economy, Biofuels and the Net Energy Debate
| Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Aug 5, 2005 The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/carbohydrate-economy-biofuels-and-net-energy-debate/
This August 2005 report by David Morris addresses the never-ending question “Doesn’t it take more energy to make ethanol than is contained in the ethanol?” In 1980, the short and empirical answer to this question was yes. In 1990, the answer was, probably not. In 2005 the answer is clearly no.