[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Using food for fuel is such a horrible idea; I'm surprised that there don't seem to be any wild conspiracy theories about it. For instance, if the U.S. wanted to retaliate against OPEC nations — most of them food importers — what better way than to burn off food to drive up prices? Maybe the 9/11 “Truthers” should get on this. Al Gore would have to feature prominently in any conspiracy tale.

[dhs12345]

I have been saying all along that ethanol wouldn’t help. Way too many resources are required.

I didn’t expect that the food industry and production would be affected as much as it is.

There is supposed to be a shortage of wheat in the future. Farmers have been switching from wheat to corn.

[manic4organic]

"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results."

Liberals defined.

[Shermy]

On Dec. 19, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act. This legislation had several positive features, including higher fuel standards for cars and greater investment in renewable energies such as solar power.

However, the bill required a huge spike in the biofuel production requirement, from 7.5 billion gallons in 2012 to 36 billion in 2022.”

2007 and food costs zoom in 2008. Better tell the ‘bots who think this was Al Gore’s fault from 1994 or so.

[steelyourfaith]

ping

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Open question. If they’re making this vast amount of ethanol, then where are they storing it?

Every drop of new production needs new storage, so where is it being stored? Even if all of it is being added to gasoline across the country, the “ethanol pipeline” has to be radically increased.

Is it going direct from where it is being manufactured to gas refineries? We’re talking in the BILLIONS of gallons, here.

I truly doubt it is being shipped by train or truck. There is just too much of it for that. So that means pipelines and storage tanks.

But where?

[I got the rope]

Bookmarking.

[Ben Ficklin]

The ultimate goal was/is cellulosic alcohol.

So, the question is, is cellulosic alcohol do-able and does it make sense to build an alcohol infrastructure based on corn that can be converted to cellulosic.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Unintended consequences. When fools, with little or no scientific, engineering, or economic training attempt vast programs with half-vast ideas, bad things happen.

As was noted in the Iliad (around 850 BC give or take a few years) the citizens pay for the bad decisions of their Kings (not the Kings).

[stylin19a]

First....stop subsidizing it.

[elkfersupper]

The people that put this in place knew this would happen.

They are not idiots, just control freaks.

[wideminded]

Undoing America's Ethanol Mistake

Unfortunately money talks in our political system, and there's too much money in ethanol to undo the mistake.

Last year, 25% of America's corn crop was diverted to produce ethanol.

Yes, and 55% was diverted to feed cattle.

[neverdem]

BTTT!

[AFPhys]

It is nice to see that at least one politician gets it.

I don’t have much hope that this stoooopid drive to BURN FOOD will be allayed, but at least there’s some small hope.