Ethanol is money in the bank for farmers and their Senators and Congress critters know it.
It keeps them in office, while we pay the price.
If you wish to know the reason behind anything the Congress and the President of the United States does always follow the money and the votes.
Patriotism died years ago, Money and votes runs this country.
Ethanol was used to increase thier stockpile, waterdown the gas, charge the same price, and reap the rewards. Much like solyndra and the solar scam today which is in your face and right out in front for all to see. This has nothing to do with your health or the enviroment just another “look how we are taking care of the American people” moment while thier turning your pockets inside out.
I told my neighboring farmers when this crap first started under Bush that it wouldn’t do squat for fuel availability or fuel prices and would drive up the cost of chicken, pork and beef prices in addition to cereals, etc. Hay fields were also converted to corn, driving up the cost of hay as availability declined, which in turn forced me to raise my rates ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
My neighboring farmers agreed with my assessment. It ain’t rocket surgery.
Not true. American farmers and agribusinesses have increased average yields by a quarter or more in the past 15 years or so thanks to massive investment in seed and precision production technologies. Yields are expected to continue to increase and may double within the next 20 years. This investment would not have happened without the demand pull of the ethanol buildout. You cannot look at the current production base, take it as a given, and forget how and why it was built.
Also remember that, in terms of nutritional value, a third of the corn that goes to ethanol returns to the feed market as DDGS.
Everyone needs learn about this report. There have been hints of this for quite sometime.
The EPA will ban whiskey? Maybe then the Congress will wake up!
We need a much better reference.
Who could have imagined this??
It's OK. What counts is the lefty nutcases' intent. They meant to do good. We have to keep doing this even if it kills everyone. We can't hurt their feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings -- that would be bigotry; and now that there's a black liberal advocating for ethanol, racist.
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