This it the slimes, they don't use one.
This it the slimes, they don't use one.
I never loved biofuels, I always knew they would inevitably lead to more deforestation and food shortages (all while increasing the amount of CO2 in the air that they were supposed to supplant) - it’s only know that it seems everyone else has caught on.
Sunspots and a possible new ice age (updated) McRino must be flipped on the global warming scam.
The Environmentalists' Real Agenda is to end capitalism.
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I agree with many points in this article. Except that, as usual, no one can get it through their thick heads that the corn used to make ethanol is processed to remove starch, and then is fed to cattle; losing little of its feed value.
So, the specious claim about this-or-that being much more efficient is simply tossed about as a political football. In this case, by (shocking!) a guy from Brazil promoting sugar ethanol.
I have no problem with him doing this.
However, insinuating that the corn is simply being used up is a flat-out lie; always has been; always will be. As is the idea that the production of ethanol consumes more energy that it yields.
At least this reporter understands that the true driving forces behind food prices are oil, and the declining dollar. Kudos to him for that.
Every time you see one of them hipeye type's cars that have bumper stickers declaring their support for biofuel, stop and pour some sugar/corn syrup/molasses into their fuel tank!
About five pounds per tank should do it!
"It would make a lot more sense to drop the tariff, drop the subsidy, and allow Brazilian ethanol into the United States," said Philippe Reichstul, the chief executive of a biofuel company in Sao Paulo. "Pressure on U.S. land will be slashed."s/b
"It would make a lot more sense to drop the tariff, drop the subsidy, and allow Brazilian ethanol into the United States," said Philippe Reichstul, the chief executive of a biofuel company in Sao Paulo. "Pressure on my portfolio will be trashed."Why not buy ethanol from Brazil? Since we're unwilling to put any more petroleum production online due to concerns over ducks, polar bears, and caribou, it seems like a good time to take 40 to 50 per cent of agricultural acreage for corn and literally ship it overseas. What do we care where our food comes from? Hell, if Mexicans would grow corn for our market, they wouldn't be swarming across the border. Having another 2 per cent of the US population unemployed will be good for the economy, much better than tolerating some nakedly socialist scheme to insure a stable US food supply.
BioFuels Failing Bigtime in Germany
NPR | 04/23/2008 | Kyle James
Posted on 04/23/2008 4:47:55 PM PDT by raygunfan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2006029/posts
