Posted by oldtanker on June 16, 2014 at 07:16:36 from (66.228.255.183):
In Reply to: E85 revisited.... posted by rustyfarmall on June 16, 2014 at 06:16:48:
rustyfarmall said: (quoted from post at 06:16:48 06/16/14)
What I don't understand is how a bunch of you guys can come to this site and BASH the farmer who grows the corn that gets turned into ethanol. After all, this website IS called YESTERDAY'S TRACTORS. We are talking about FARM tractors. This whole site was created for the purpose of educating us on the repair, restoration, and proper use of FARM tractors. If you guys want to continually BASH the folks who are feeding you, maybe there is another site you should be visiting. A site where the participants will willingly drink the kool-aid you are serving up, 'cause most of us on THIS site are not drinking it.
Rusty, not bashing farmers in general. Just the ones who place their trust in companies claiming to make a safe product when chemical companies in general and companies making herbicides specifically have a very poor record for making a safe product. And all over profit. If you raised the price from sprays and GMO seed to the point where they were not going to make one dime extra they wouldn't be so pleased with them and if they could make more money going back to cultivation they would be right there. These same guys will scream bloody murder about companies being greedy should they pay low wages (like a lot of farmers do), do something that might be unsafe or produce a cheap, questionable or possibly dangerous product. In my book you walk the walk. It's either anything goes for everyone and every company or it's not. People wonder that's wrong with the country? It's this double standard we've accepted as long as it's good for us. We, in general are no longer ethical. By the way, I farm too. I just don't put profit over what may harm my grandkids.
I should add that I only use products with cane sugar and raise most of the rest of my food so they ain't feeding me.
Rick
This post was edited by oldtanker at 07:24:05 06/16/14.
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