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Corn in particular is inefficient, burning corn produces less energy than the energy required to grow corn.

Sugarcane is the opposite, it grows easily (too easy in fact, it has tendency to spread in an unwanted way), doesn't require too much diesel to produce, and it makes a fantastic amount of ethanol when pressed.




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