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Monday, 29 September 2008

30 GALLONS OF WATER FOR ONE MILE ON ETHANOL

Apparently it takes 600 gallons of water to grow the corn to produce one gallon of ethanol. For a car that achieves 20 miles per gallon of ethanol, that means a water footprint of 30 gallons per mile. My thanks to Doug in the US for this information. As he says – Awful.

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Richard Hall is an acknowledged expert on the international food and drinks sector, chairing and speaking at numerous industry conferences as well as offering independent comment on bevblog.net.

With a degree in Economics and Government from the University of Bath, where he was also Students’ Union President, he worked in the Group Commercial Department of UK dairy market leader Unigate before joining the Dairy Trade Federation as Economic Adviser.

In five years as a Director of the Dairy Trade Federation, he also served as its Head of Public Relations and as Secretary General of the European Federation of Dairy Retailers. From 1987 to 1990 he was Director and General Manager of beverage market consultancy Canadean.

He formed Zenith International in 1991 as a specialist business consultancy for the food and drink industries. The company now has 50 staff working for more than 1,000 clients in over 50 countries. It provides a full range of consulting and market information services.

He also chairs FoodBev Media Ltd, which he founded in 2000. Its team of 30 staff publishes five business journals and manages the foodbev.com website.
In 2006 Richard completed two years as Chairman of the Bath City of Festivals Steering Group, after two previous years as President of Bath Chamber of Commerce. He is currently Chairman of the Bath & North East Somerset Quartet Community Foundation, Chairman of the Bath & North East Somerset Public Realm Events Panel, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Institute of Directors.