Monday, July 20, 2009
So Thirsty: Corn Ethanol Uses Up to 300% More Water than Previously Thought
The CO2 for the proposed Battelle-lead large-scale CO2 project in Darke County, Ohio will come from TAME (The Andersons Marathon Ethanol plant) - not only do we face all the risks that go with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration, now that farmers are planting more corn for the ethanol factory, our most precious resource, our water is at risk......
already wells in our area have gone dry, new wells have been dug ..... as we use tons of corn for ethanol production .......
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/study-corn-ethanol-300-percent-more-water.php
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CO2 concerns,
corn ethanol,
potable water,
running out of water,
water