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The great rethink of ethanol
Washington Examiner ^ | Dec 19, 2017 | Wayne Allard

Posted on 12/19/2017 8:58:28 AM PST by george76

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To: george76

Folks,

Ethanol has a role, it has it’s pros and cons.

The problem is the one size fits all of centralized government or socialism as we know it. The problem is not ethanol............................


81 posted on 12/20/2017 6:51:42 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Ethanol would be an acceptable fuel in the absence of petroleum. Nitpicking gasoline and diesel is easy too. Fuel ethanol is simply not necessary and is too expensive in today’s conditions.


82 posted on 12/20/2017 6:54:40 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: taxcontrol

What is the but content per {unit of measure} and the corresponding cost to produce?


83 posted on 12/20/2017 8:42:46 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

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No gel could possibly come from any alcohol.
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84 posted on 12/20/2017 8:45:24 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: george76

I should get a subsidy for all the fuel lines in weedeaters, chain saws, blowers, etc. that I have had to replace.


85 posted on 12/20/2017 9:26:12 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: george76
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86 posted on 12/20/2017 10:56:54 AM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: george76
 

... the forced diversion of corn into the fuel markets is raising the cost of  food.
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87 posted on 12/20/2017 2:15:14 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: NorthMountain
I have had trouble with the fuel lines rotting in both of them.

Me; too.

88 posted on 12/20/2017 2:18:05 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: i_robot73

Where can I buy a wood gas generator?


89 posted on 12/20/2017 2:20:56 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: McGruff
"You might as well give Iowa away to the democrat presidential nominee."

I disagree, only because Ted Cruz who was unapologetically opposed to ethanol subsidies still won the GOP nomination in Iowa.

Don't underestimate the power of Iowans to think for themselves.

90 posted on 12/20/2017 6:37:05 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: george76; DungeonMaster

I’d guess ending ethanol subsidies would affect the farm economy much like ending federal guaranteed student loan programs would affect academia.

By all means, do it! But, phase it out over a number of years to allow investors time to reallocate resources.


91 posted on 12/22/2017 9:19:09 AM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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