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To: Red Badger
A car with an approximately 12-gallon tank could hold 27 kg of starch, which is the equivalent of 4 kg of hydrogen. One kg of starch will produce the same energy output as 1.12 kg (0.38 gallons) of gasoline.

If my math's right, this is the equivalent of 1.5 gallons of gas?

12 posted on 05/23/2007 12:05:34 PM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Uncledave

0.38 gge (gallon of gasoline equivalent) per kg of starch. 27 kg would be 10.26 gge.


14 posted on 05/23/2007 12:12:28 PM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Liberalism: replacing backbones with wishbones.)
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To: Uncledave

Sounds right...........


17 posted on 05/23/2007 12:14:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
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