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Sugarcane vs corn for ethanol

Sucrose is key ingredient in ethanol mfg, sugarcane contains 99.5% sucrose – more than 30% greater than that of maize—and the sucrose in cane is easier/cheaper to extract. Energy returned on energy invested for ethanol from sugar cane is an 8.0 factor versus only 1.34 for corn. In one year, one hectare of corn produces 1,246 liters of ethanol, but 4,000 liters of ethanol. Cane crops can be harvested twice each year, raising the yield to 8,000 liters of ethanol per hectare.

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