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Old 05-13-2008, 11:12 AM   #1 (permalink)

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The Ethanol boondoggle

This is one of the better articles spelling out what a screw job this is:

The Ethanol Scam: One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles : Rolling Stone
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First, there is scam in every business and oil is the biggest, imo.

Second, just change corn to hemp, switchgrass or sugar cane and all food problems are gone.
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Another good article

On peak oil production:

What You Need to Know about Peak Oil - Article - OmniNerd
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Corn

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Second, just change corn
You intend to change the corn industry's mind How?

Where are you going to get double the bribe money to make any fucking politician re-nigg on their current deals with the corn lobby O internet warrior?
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You intend to change the corn industry's mind How?

Where are you going to get double the bribe money to make any fucking politician re-nigg on their current deals with the corn lobby O internet warrior?
Oh, that is another realm altogether, it has nothing to do with ethanol though.

It is a political problem in a structure based on lobby, very difficult situation indeed.

The solution is to enforce ethanol, then:

1 open the market for all sources,

2. drop subsidies,

3. import cheap ethanol.
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Oh, that is another realm altogether, it has nothing to do with ethanol though.

It is a political problem in a structure based on lobby, very difficult situation indeed.

The solution is to enforce ethanol, then:

1 open the market for all sources,

2. drop subsidies,

3. import cheap ethanol.
By the other hand, the corn lobby will never allow these to happen ...
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I've been looking around on google for a "how to" produce methanol from Hemp.. nothing so far. any links to help me out would be appreciated.
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By the other hand, the corn lobby will never allow these to happen ...

Probably won't be long until the Libs villify "Big Corn".

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Probably won't be long until the Libs villify "Big Corn".

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they'll have attack ads with clips from Children of the corn. Watch.
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