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Poll: How many gallons of water does it take to produce a gallon of fuel from soybeans? (15 member(s) have cast votes)

How many gallons of water does it take to produce a gallon of fuel from soybeans?

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  2. 620 (4 votes [26.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.67%

  3. 6200 (11 votes [73.33%])

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#1 User is offline   y66 

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Posted 2008-November-03, 12:21

How many gallons of water does it take to produce a gallon of fuel from soybeans?

Answer: http://www.mcclatchy...tory/30128.html

Bonus question: Name the world class bridge progeny of the author of this article.
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Posted 2008-November-03, 14:12

y66, on Nov 3 2008, 01:21 PM, said:

How many gallons of water does it take to produce a gallon of fuel from soybeans?

Answer: http://www.mcclatchy...tory/30128.html

Bonus question: Name the world class bridge progeny of the author of this article.

I assume "Peter Boyd" is the answer to your bonus question. He is from the Washington DC area, he is the regular partner of Steve Robinson, Steve and Peter are extraordinary in their play and in their devotion to the game.

On (I think) "Lehrer Report" a bit ago there was a story about water problems in Montana. I wasn't listening that closely but I think that the essence was: The changing melting patterns of snow on the mountains are causing trouble in the trout streams, and the farmers are short of water, and a crisis is brewing. Apparently trout cannot survive once the temperature of a stream exceeds seventy some degrees.

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Posted 2008-November-03, 17:31

kenberg, on Nov 3 2008, 03:12 PM, said:

We have a real tiger by the tail here. Whoever wins tomorrow, we have to stop farting around and get busy.

without drilling new wells *and* building nuke plants, how long do you think this farting around will last?
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Posted 2008-November-03, 18:51

More importantly, will it be a significant source of greenhouse gas....
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Posted 2008-November-04, 10:09

The real question is, can we use the same gallon of water 6200 times for this?
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