Hey Atlanta... Ethanol took 24 BILLION gallons of water from you

The great Ethanol drought

FACT:

• Projected production of ethanol is 6 Billion gallons in 2007.
• This requires 24-42 Billion gallons of clean water to manufacture

"The production of which requires 5-7 Gallons of "very clean" water to produce PER GALLON"

Source: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12039&page=35