And the worst part: The fed. gov't subsidizes the hell (by way of money seized from taxpayers) out of ethanol. Basically: seizing money to funnel to a pipe dream that, in the end, costs us more.
DUHHHH!!!!!
Ethanol — just another ill conceived and impractical government scheme devised for political rather than economic reasons.
The obsession over ethanol needs to end. There is absolutely nothing redeeming about it. And lots of bad.
No offense beef producers your string of reasons beef prices are increasing are endless. Try the Adkins diet excuse again.
The call goes out for the Captain Obvious pic.
that was obvious out on the farms before they started.
Apparently they’ve never heard of dried distiller’s grains.
Actually, the cost of the entire T’day dinner is up 13%. Make no mistake, food and energy are both going up, along with all other commodities. 13% inflation is tame compared to the trainwreck created by a power-mad and greedy federal monster running trillion dollar deficits. This is part of the redistribution of American wealth to other countries. Using the phony argument posited by OPEC and the rest of the foreign oil interests is wearing thin—we all know they hate ETOH. Food prices continue up because we have 7 billion people and counting. And to think, the #1 health issue in America is obesity—apparently 50% of population would do well to consume less grain. Listening to all the carping about capturing sunlight energy and transducing it into ETOH is a poor excuse for the current crisis. What we need is a 30% across the board cut in federal spending and the required balanced budget.
This is the goal, it increases meat prices, PETA is happy less meat is eaten. Farms are too important to fail so the fascists take them over and they’ll be Union owned.
This is the goal, it increases meat prices, PETA is happy less meat is eaten. Farms are too important to fail so the fascists take them over and they’ll be Union owned.
I am still waiting for someone to explain to me
how putting 10% alcohol in my gasoline
which results in a 10% reduction in fuel economy
somehow results in the importation of less arab oil.
And don’t even get me started on what this crap has done
to my lawnmower, weedeater, chainsaw, and pressure washer.
That's the whole Agenda 21 idea, silly.
What a sneaky way to starve to death all the poor people on earth!!
And the worst part: The fed. gov't subsidizes the hell (by way of money seized from taxpayers) out of ethanol. Basically: seizing money to funnel to a pipe dream that, in the end, costs us more.
One thing that needs to be changed is get rid of the high tax on cane sugar and quit subsidizing HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), therefore more would be available through that route as well.
Bttt!
......if corn growers have a bad year.....
In October I traveled through 17 states passing through seemingly endless miles of cornfields. The path included extensive views of the crop said to have been doomed by water, perhaps late but there in overabundance.
It seems we have an elastic commodity. That is as demand increases, so does the production. While the claims above seem reasonable, the facts may be that enough corn will be produced to fill all demand.
Then there is exports. As you traverse the Mississippi river you see mega storage and transport facilities for export. If there is a crop diminution, exports will go, domestic will be retained.
I will not argue for ethanol, but my eyes saw am abundance of corn that is awesome.
It appears the meat farmers are jealous of the corn farmers
Even countries like China have banned new ethanol projects. They know that ethanol from corn is NOT an economical source of “new” energy.
How scizophrenic and stupid is our energy policy? We grow corn, not to eat, but to put in our gas tanks, while we refuse to send oil via pipeline from a massive source only 200 miles north of our border.