Alexander Farrell
Alexander Farrell
assumed energy ignore negative net reported studies
The (past) studies that reported a negative net energy assumed one should ignore co-products.
argument good ignoring
There's no good argument for just ignoring them.
divergent explain found literature main studies
One of the main purposes is to explain why the studies found in the literature have such divergent results.
both contribute corn current energy environmental ethanol meets producing
We find that ethanol can, if it is made correctly, contribute significantly to both energy and environmental goals. However, the current way of producing ethanol with corn probably only meets energy goals.
costs optimistic
They're more optimistic about the costs ... than we are.
hope issue settled
For us it is a settled issue. We hope it's a settled issue for everybody.
appear cannot data obsolete quality studies whose
Some of the studies use what appear to be obsolete data or data whose quality cannot be verified.