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To: TFMcGuire
Depends upon the racing fuel.

The Indy Racing League uses ethanol. The "top fuel" class in drag racing uses nitro methane.

By the way, corn is used as the ethanol feedstock of choice in the US because it's comparatively plentiful, easy to handle and transport and easy to distill. The cost of corn per gallon of ethanol produced is in the mid fifty Cent range, making production of ethanol wildly profitable in the current market.

I agree with you that subsidies distort the market, but they do so for the oil industry just as they do for any other. Congress shouldn't hand out goodies to any industry.

146 posted on 04/28/2006 6:39:02 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky

The cost of the corn in Ethanol may be 5o cents/gal. But the manufacture as of today is only profitable because of government subsidies which are due to expire in 2007.


149 posted on 04/28/2006 7:30:15 AM PDT by TFMcGuire (Either you are an American, or you are a liberal)
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