# Eyepoping facts on Ethanol

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/eyepoping-facts-on-ethanol/884>\
**Category:** Tomorrow's EV\
**Created:** [August 4, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/eyepoping-facts-on-ethanol/884 "2008-08-04T07:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![natureguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@natureguy](https://community.electricforum.com/u/natureguy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/eyepoping-facts-on-ethanol/884/1 "2008-08-04T07:36:27Z")

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According to [REPORT](http://www.fuelsandenergy.com/papers/ES2007-36234.pdf)presented at an American Society of Mechanical Engineers conference in 2007 offers some alarming estimates: Producing a [B]gallon (3.79 liters) of corn ethanol, for example, consumes 170 gallons (644 liters) of water [/B]in total, from irrigation to final processing. [B]Soybean biodiesel manufacture needs some 900 gallons of water (3,400 liters) per gallon of fuel. [/B]On the other hand, the water requirement [B]to make a gallon of regular gasoline is just five gallons (19 liters).[/B]

Checkout the report for more interesting analysis.😃

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**Author:** ![new\_dawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ad7895/32.png) [@new\_dawn](https://community.electricforum.com/u/new_dawn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/eyepoping-facts-on-ethanol/884/2 "2008-09-20T18:19:13Z")

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I try not to buy ethonal for my truck as I see a reduced mileage from it. It is a f150.☹