[Walt Griffith]

You should consider what would happen if Russia cuts oil supplies to Europe and Iran gets the bomb to shut down the Saudi Oil Fields. Then you can worry about World Hunger. The Central United State will no longer be able to produce Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, Pork and Livestock in abudance. You will then wish we had figured out how to produce alternative source of energy to accomplish need work. Unfortunately we have forces in our Country that want to shut down production of needed fuels and research in the name of compassion. You figure out, I can't.

Because there is an ethanol dicussion. The professor does not seem to be aware of the fact that the ethanol sold in Nebraska has in the last few weeks been downgraded from 87 octane base to 83 octane base. The result in my 2008 Grand Prix is a reduiction from 31 MPG to 23 MPG on the highway. I am sure that this is a dirtier fuel since the oil companies have removed the refining process'/ingridients that broght the base product up to 87 octane before adding the alcohol. My last fillup was with 89 octane in hopes of regainning some milleage. I also have two other vehicles that the MPG has been greatly reduced.

WEG

[SADMILLIE]

Ethanol is a joke. We are now producing oil that would make us independent. Bakken— Midland— alone. obama has failed. But no new refineries in 40 years? We need a new government. This old one is real bad.

[jjotto]

Certainly the argument could be made that money made on ethanol actually subsidizes animal feed.

A rough rule is that a given weight of corn will produce one-third ethanol, one-third high protein animal feed, and one-third CO2.

[The Great RJ]

The ethanol boondoggle exists solely on massive government subsidies all along the line from planting the seed to putting it in your gas tank. Without these government subsidies, tax credits, low interest loans, gasoline tax breaks etc, the entire ethanol “industry” would quickly collapse. It would be cheaper to just write a government check to corn farmers than subsidize this boondoggle.

[Balding_Eagle]

This article comes as no surprise to those who have actually bothered to be informed on the scientific numbers relating to ethanol.

There are a lot of good arguments against ethanol.

Energy efficiency and grain supply are not among them.

[Impy]

Ethanol sucks, this is a propaganda piece.

[IamConservative]

I’ve read recently that the EPA is cracking down in distillers and brewers and make it harder to sell the distillers grains as animal feed. Wonder if the same holds true for distillers of ethanol for fuel?

[thackney]

ethanol sold in Nebraska has in the last few weeks been downgraded from 87 octane base to 83 octane base

Could you provide some more information on that? I thought ethanol was 113 octane.