You know, I have supported the ethanol industry since the early 1970’s after the 1st OPEC oil embargo. But we were given the choice about to use or not to use.
BAck in the 70’s there was a lot of alternative energy talk.
Oil prices went down. We found more foreign supplies to offset the new, hard line EPA restrictions.
Of all those technologys introduced during that period, only ethanol kept in production.
Wind the clock forward to 2004 when oil prices began spiking (and imports were over 60% compared to 30% in the 70’s) and the talk came back about all those wonderful technologies that will deliver the energy we need to our doorstep.
The difference between then and now is that now the government is forcing consumers to make choices on alternate energy, instead of the free market making those choices. We have plenty of domestic oil in North America.
But since government requires, and issues the permission slip to develop those oil fields they have taken away our choices. Free enterprise no longer dominates the energy market (or any other market for that matter).
All energy alternatives require government sponsorship to succeed. Since government lacks success as a viable, fiscal, business operation, how can we depend on their leadership when there is no accountability of the leaders?
Ethanol is good for many people. Not good for many. Let them make that choice. Government is inept at making logical choices for the people.
“All energy alternatives require government sponsorship to succeed.”
- - -
Why do you say that?