Posted by paul on November 29, 2011 at 05:42:10 from (76.77.196.252):
In Reply to: Ethanol posted by John in La on November 28, 2011 at 19:33:08:
> This is a real sticking point for me because I believe every industry should stand on its own.
Why is ethanol the _only_ industry that is ever supposed to be held to that standard?????
I don't understand. The govt subsidises every new and most old industries out there, but ethanol is the only one that gets any grief for it.
If you cut all the subsidies to everyone else, I'm all for a pure ecconomy with no govt assistance. But why do you pick on _only_ ethanol?
Which is having it's subsidy ended in less than 2 months so jeez you got your wish.
What other industry in the USA is getting cuts in their subsidies???????
Sheez.
I don't think building a corn ethanol plant in La would be very wise - doesn't make sense _there_. If they get switchgrass to ever work out, that crop will make higher sugars in the south, that would make some sense in your area. Just like corn makes a whole lot of sense to use here in the upper midwest - corn is cheap, plentiful, easy to grow, the DDG makes great feed for our livestock, and we don't have to ship in as much petro fuels when we can make it right here from surplus cheap corn.
Ethanol is a good product, most engines if tuned properly hit their 'sweet spot' of efficiency with about 15-25% ethanol blend, can use a lower cheaper grade of gasoline to blend with the ethanol, and the more stable ethanol gives a smoother controlled flash point that burns better in the engine - all together saves a lot of crude oil or we'd all be paying a lot more for our fuels.
Ain't nothing 100% good for everyone everywhere ethanol has it's issues and problems too. Perhaps you work in an oil field down there and like the lingering ecological effects of MTBE and don't care about others? Seems like you are quoting the political dogma of the oil companies, which live pretty high off the hog on their govt subsidies...... Can we cut them too, or is this a one way street you want to protect the oil companies?
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