Re: Web Enabled Time/Temp/Humidity and I/O Controller

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"RickH" wrote:
>
> At first people said ethanol was a net energy
> saver too.  But after a similar analysis (like
> including the manufacturing chain above in
> total cost) it is now well-agreed that E85 uses
> more energy to get that gallon to the pump
> than the gasoline in the next pump.

Ethanol may not be a net energy saver but it does reduce dependance on middle
eastern oil.  That, IMO, is a good thing.

I spend a lot of time in Brazil, where my car and my motorcycle run on a mix of
gasoline and alcohol (made from cheap sugar cane; not overpriced corn sugar).
The cost is less than straight gasoline and milage is not significantly
different.  The Brazilian government-owned oil comany, Petrobras, claims that
production costs -- both financial and environmental -- of ethanol are very
close to those for gasoline.

Brazil does not spend one real (pronounced "hey, Al") on Iranian oil.  This is
also, IMO, a good thing.

> it could easily take more energy to make just
> one electrolytic capacitor than an incan. bulb...

That's a bit of a stretch, friend.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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