[Rhodes22-list] Corn - More Politics - real reply

[Rik Sandberg]

Rummy,

Well then ..... you won't mind going without lunch now and then so 
somebody else can drive??? :-) LOL

> The corn bi-products of making ethanol are completely recyclable as  
> livestock feed. Burning ethanol does not put as much pollution into the air as  
> gasoline when burned. Yes, there is still 15% gasoline in it, but that's only to  
> prevent some redneck alcoholic from drinking something that is 100 pure  ethanol.

Yes, this is all true .... but

What we really need is something like sugar cane that we can grow 
without much cultivation, fertilizer or other attention. Fortunately for 
Brazil, sugar cane apparently grows like a weed down there. Not so much 
here. Corn is just too important as a food source and expensive as a 
fuel source to be wasted this way. Might want to check with the Mexicans 
and see how they feel when the price of tortillas triples so we 
Americans can be out joy riding in our cars.

Did you read Brads article from CATO? Replacing 3,5% of the oil we're 
using now with corn ethanol is a start, but isn't going to be all that 
meaningful. We have to do better than that.

Rik


"Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not
sure about the universe."
- Albert Einstein




R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Brad,
> To the best of my knowledge, I am the only Rhodie that burns E-85 in his  
> vehicle. In fact, I will go out of my way to find a station that sells it.
> The corn bi-products of making ethanol are completely recyclable as  
> livestock feed. Burning ethanol does not put as much pollution into the air as  
> gasoline when burned. Yes, there is still 15% gasoline in it, but that's only to  
> prevent some redneck alcoholic from drinking something that is 100 pure  ethanol.
> I would rather pay the farmers and the ethanol manufacturers a fair market  
> price than to line the pockets of some Arab Sheik. Add the cost of wars and  
> cleaning up oil pollution and I still say that ethanol is a bargain. We have a  
> lot more land available that could be growing corn or any other plant that 
> could  be used to make ethanol. Brazil is a good example. Even though they have 
> oil  reserves and refineries, they burn almost exclusively, ethanol, made from 
> sugar  cane.
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> Rummy
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