Posted by KEH on November 29, 2011 at 06:23:56 from (67.231.174.189):
In Reply to: Re: Ethanol posted by paul on November 29, 2011 at 05:42:10:
Nothing new about government subsdies of favored industries. Before the Revolutionary war, a youd girl, Eliza Lucas, figured out a way to grow and process Indigo on her father's plantation in SC. Indigo makes a blue dye and England wanted to encourage it for their textile industry. After the Revolutionary War the Indigo subsdiy was dropped and Indigo growing was no longer profitable.
I check my gas milage regularly. I get about 1 mile per gallon less on gas with ethanol.
My understanding is that ethanol can be made better with sugar cane, which can be grown in LA, FL, and HA. Don't know why there isn't a push to use sugar cane. They haven't figured out how to use Switch grass yet, but it get a lot of attention.
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