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Fact: Just because we have extra corn does not obligate us to feed the same starving world regions that were starving 40 or 50 years ago.
Fact: People were starving long before ethanol became popular.

Fact: Oil imports have required billions of dollars of subsidy in the form of military protection of foreign oil fields and tanker escorts. Subsidies given to farmers who supply corn to the ethanol industry, in comparison, are a small fraction of what the military protection of foreign oil supplies has cost.

Fact: Oil imports send ONE TRILLION DOLLARS A MONTH out of America. All ethanol products and the money paid to farmers stays in America, keeping money in the local economy.

Fact: Ethanol can be locally produced and does not require the expenditure of energy during transportation and distribution that imported oil requires.

Fact: Out of every bushel of corn used to produce ethanol, there is approximately 30 pounds of distillers grain as a secondary byproduct. Distillers grain is high in protein and perfect for livestock feed. There is plenty of surplus grain to go around for livestock feed and human consumption.
Much of the cost increases in livestock feed are directly related to the energy costs of transportation.

Fact: The refining, transportation and distribution cost of petroleum products has to be subtracted from the overall BTU energy output and efficiency ratings

“”he claimed that it takes 0.74 MMBTU to make 1 MMBTU of ethanol, but 1.23 MMBTU to make 1 MMBTU of gasoline””.

Those numbers account not only for the cost of refining, but the initial cost of drilling, pumping, transporting oil, refining process, and the end distribution. Since 70% of America’s oil is now imported, transportation costs of the raw material are significant. Compared to ethanol, most raw material for the numerous ethanol plants comes from within a 30 mile radius. And the finished ethanol is utilized within the same general region.

Ethanol may not be the final solution for our energy problems. But until sensible politics open up oil field development domestically, and politicians quit finger pointing about who to blame and oil companies making profits because demand outstrips supply, we will continue to send a $Trillion dollars a month to Jihad Oil company.

Besides, American farmers deserve some reward for feeding the world of ungratefuls, and adding value to their bumper crops by producing ethanol. Those who complain about us burning food really arent hungry. They are jealous because we have the ability to make money and evil capitalists just don’t fit into a socialist utopia.