Quotes by Alexander Farrell

“Some of the studies use what appear to be obsolete data or data whose quality cannot be verified.”

“Theyre more optimistic about the costs ... than we are.”

“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.”

“One of the main purposes is to explain why the studies found in the literature have such divergent results.”

“The (past) studies that reported a negative net energy assumed one should ignore co-products.”

“Theres no good argument for just ignoring them.”

“For us it is a settled issue. We hope its a settled issue for everybody.”

“They use either obsolete data or data that is so poorly documented that we cannot tell what the quality of it is. But [the conclusion] is really different with other data we can find, and for that reason, suspect.”