Posted on 07/26/2012 10:09:03 AM PDT by EveningStar
Economists are warning that the current drought in the Corn Belt is going to result in higher food prices...
But there is one thing the president can do to alleviate the effects of the drought: suspend the nation's ill-conceived ethanol program.
That program now burns up 40% of the U.S. corn crop...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Ethanol is an expensive joke....kill it!
” Always remember — someone is getting veeeeeeery rich by producing ethanol, and veeeeeery rich people can influence veeeeery spineless(WHORISH) politicians to pass laws to produce more ethanol.
Fixed it : )
And don’t forget the water projects, which were big big favorites of the late Barry Goldwater, that’s just undiluted socialism, and since 90% of the freshwater used by modern societies is used in agriculture, up yours, pay more for food, and import it from low wage countries. There’ s absolutely no reason the US should be self-sufficient in food, any more than it should be self-suffficient in fuel.
It is an evil program. What is astounding is that there more than a few Freepers who think the ethanol program is wonderful.
It's highly destructive on so man levels. There are too many RINOs who are 100% behind ethanol.
Unfortunately, the evil ethanol program will be with us for the foreseeable future.
Ethanol is another example of evil crony capitalism
It's the Obamacare, stupid!
One-half gallon of oil in the form of pesticides per bushel of corn would cost $2 to $3 per bushel. If this were true -- and it clearly isn't -- it should be enough to illustrate to literally anyone that the price of petroleum is quite literally the ONLY thing driving corn prices. And this idiotic piece of agitprop -- from a hydrogen "energy" advocacy site -- also shows the guy in the encounter suit spraying chemical fertilizer, a sight that I've never been privileged to see, what with me *growing up on a farm*.
- The Bum Rap on Biofuels [2008]
- Campaign to vilify ethanol revealed [2008]
- Oil Price Pressure Driving Global Switch to Biofuels [2006]
” Ethanol is another example of evil crony capitalism “
One of the best examples.
We're paying one way or the other - so it makes more sense to know exactly what we're paying.
and import it from low wage countries. There’s absolutely no reason the US should be self-sufficient in food, any more than it should be self-suffficient in fuel.
Should we be self-suffficient in everything? The argument for fuel self-suffficiency is to not finance those who finance terrorists and who might very well hold us hostage; can that argument be made for other major food producers?
One of the best examples.
I thought for a minute and you are right. It is one for the history books.
Not accept easy magical solutions without question?
Harry Potter disapproves.
I have become fond of the Potter movies oddly enough. Normally I cant stand movies with smart kid heroes but HP developed some characters I am sympathetic to; especially Harry who always tries to do the right thing, unusual in this day and age. I also like the stark contrast between the early movies and the later ones.
Please tell the Mrs reaganaut I wish her the best. She and Elsie were a blast on the LDS threads, even more fun was the Mrs on the Palinistas cult threads where I met her.
Yes, thanks, I did see the post about Stabil. I’ll give it a try. I live in Maine. We don’t have pure gas available here. I have approached several station owners I know personally and they all tell me pure gas is not available or permitted in Maine. The marine industry is in terror of the 15% formulation. It’s one thing to have a weed whacker die. It’s a completely different animal to lose an engine 12 miles out to sea.
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