In this case corn. As I pointed out up thread, the attacks on ethanol are not only short of scientific facts, many of the 'facts' that are used are nothing more than outright lies.
Sort of like the tactics used by the Global Warming people.
Propane shortage linked to ethanol
"To anyone wondering why there is a shortage of propane and doubling and tripling of the price this year: One reason is the 2007 government mandate on ethanol production.
Farmers planted record acres of corn in the spring of 2013. In fact, they planted corn in places it’s never been planted before. Corn was planted so far north that it didn’t ripen and mature before winter set in.
In a normal year, propane is put into storage in September, October and November in anticipation of the winter heating season. But this year, that propane was used to dry corn that was immature and wet.
You can’t blame farmers for planting more corn to take advantage of the fact that 30 percent of our corn crop is used to make ethanol..."
The EPA has made it profitable for farmers to dry wet, green corn in the early winter with propane energy, in order to produce ethanol energy. Somehow, I doubt the energy trade is even in the slightest.
At least you propane-heating peasants got it up the wazoo dry with the EPA's ethanol rhino horn, and you didn't even know that they were responsible!
BTW - they'll do it again this year, if they're not stopped.
What happened this fall & winter with corn production and propane is pretty much a fact.
What's your opinion about that?
BTW - I'm also against burning natural gas in power plants for the most part, like those California whackjobs insist on doing, and using compressed natural gas to power truck fleets.
Natural gas is great for heating and cooking. Don't let crazed whackjobs burn it for their pet Watermelon projects.