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by JoeAltmaier 2016 days ago
Ethanol?
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Is it more efficient (and/or easier) to make ethanol to fuel an internal combustion engine, or instead to burn the fuel you would have used to distil the ethanol to fuel an external combustion engine? (i.e. a steam engine.)
Ethanol wins. You can use ethanol to make more ethanol. Its a positive yield. Has been for years.