Post 04/17

I thought todays class was pretty interesting. It sounds like the majority of the class has picked to write on one of two issues, either ethanol or farming techniques. I think this is a good thing because it should make our panel discussion a lot more in depth. The one thing I keep thinking about is how some people say that Ethanol uses more energy than it can produce. When researching this I found that some articles said that ethanol can actually produce more energy than it uses in its production. This was from a relatively new study, but then again I have also found data that indicates that Ethanol does not produce more energy than it uses in its production. The other thing I liked was the "idea field" that was inroduced. He used concepts from physics that I understand, this combined with the diagram that he drew helped me to understand stasis a little better. I though it was good way to inroduce the idea.