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No mention of the damage to the Gulf caused by high nitrate fertilizer run off as a by product of over producing corn. I wonder why?
Did they factor in that it raised food prices nationwide?
Did they consider the amount of fresh water required to process the corn into alcohol?
So the net loss of energy caused by using more energy to produce this junk than it produces is good?
Good gawd, let’s get libs out of science. They are only good for the “studies” majors.
Burn government subsidized food to run our cars. Brilliant!
How much of that $2.5 billion comes from the other 49 states via the federal government?
corn-pimpin farm lobbyist
Even modern engines are damaged by this bulls!t!
LLS
2.5 billion for 862 million gallons of ethanol - or about $3 for every gallon of ethanol produced? Doesn’t seem like a very economical method of producing either jobs or fuel.
Another reason why I buy ethenol free gas.
> Ethanol pumps $2.5 billion into Minnesota economy
Yep !
By takin’ $5 billion our of the pockets of the rest of us.
> Ethanol pumps $2.5 billion into Minnesota economy
Yep !
By takin’ $5 billion out of the pockets of the rest of us.
While filling my gas tank recently I noticed a sticker on the gas pump I had not seen before: “ENRICHED WITH UP TO 15% ETHANOL.”
I thought to myself, what a lying bunch of crap THAT is! Adding ethanol to gasoline does NOT enrich it. It jacks the price up by several cents per gallon, AND, it lowers the miles-per-gallon, too!
Enrichment, my gluteous maximus! Ethanol in gasoline is more of a CONTAMINANT than an enrichment!
Indeed. Substitute “cocaine” or “hookers” for “ethanol” to see that benefits of a product’s economic contribution is independent of the qualities of the product itself.
The latest in Minnesota is a push for ethanol gasoline blends of 15%. I wonder if the State of Minnesota is going to compensate all those drivers whose vehicles, boat motors and snowmobiles are damaged by this blend or for warranties that are no longer valid as a result of using 15% ethanol?
Ethanol also MURDERED the engine on my boat. It feeds Billion$ into Minne$ota making that crap, and then feeds Billion$ into repair places hired to fix the damage.
Brilliant.