[Arkie2]

Ping them and bring em to the party! I can't believe there are people on this board who believe ethanol serves any useful purpose except to line the pockets of some midwest corn farmers.

[IronJack]

I can't believe there are people on this board who believe ethanol serves any useful purpose except to line the pockets of some midwest corn farmers.

Yeah, we can't have THAT. Not when we can line the pockets of some filthy Arab or bloated oil company baron instead.

[Coyoteman]

I can't believe there are people on this board who believe ethanol serves any useful purpose except to line the pockets of some midwest corn farmers.

Useful purpose? What would a good Merlot be without it?

[Phocion]

They probably ARE midwest corn farmers.

[Oztrich Boy]

I can't believe there are people on this board who believe ethanol serves any useful purpose except to line the pockets of some midwest corn farmers.

Well the bio-conversion refinery owners take a cut too

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

ethanol serves any useful purpose except to line the pockets of some midwest corn farmers.

If I had acreage and needed to make payments to the bank I would definitely be sowing and, hopefully reaping, corn whether I liked ethanol or not. If there is a market it must be supplied and better to pay the American Farmer than the Costa Rican, the Argentine, the Mexican, or whoever else that is NOT an American Farmer. I just hate being FORCED to buy ethanol.

[Wonder Warthog]

"I can't believe there are people on this board who believe ethanol serves any useful purpose except to line the pockets of some midwest corn farmers."

Hey, ethanol serves LOTS of useful purposes---there's beer, wine, bourbon, Scotch, Guinness, and plenty of others.

[GOPJ]

...a new study says the alternative fuels burn more energy than they produce.

We have the most energy intensive farming in the world. It gives the illusion of great productivity. But when it takes a dollar to produce a $1.01 worth of goods, bankruptcy is the only product.