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Old 07-26-2006, 07:56 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Not to mention Ethanol
The amount of oil it would take to replace even 5% of the trillion plus cars on the road that run on fossil fuels would be astronomical.

You need oil for nearly all of the industrial processes to create a car; Steel, Rubber.

Not to mention their is no way to really increase the production of ethanol without planting crops on arable land already used for crops. So what do you do? Remove 5% of the food production in the world and replace it with crops for ethanol?
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