The ethanol scam and its unintended consequences - From Reason: "Feed SUVs and Starve People? - Why turning food into fuel may not be such a good idea"
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US farmers have gotten used to the federal subsidy gravy train, and ethanol is just another train on that track.
Frankly research into converting switchgrass to ethanol makes a heck of a lot more sense. No fertilizer is needed, no plowing, no planting. Just a big hay-cutter and bailer will do the job. According to some scientists working on the problem, switch grass will provide more ethanol per weight than corn does, and return more than 4 times the amount of energy used to actually harvest and convert it to ethanol. Corn is closer to a 1 to 1 ratio.
It shows there's no common sense in Washington DC. No surprise there.
1 comment:
US farmers have gotten used to the federal subsidy gravy train, and ethanol is just another train on that track.
Frankly research into converting switchgrass to ethanol makes a heck of a lot more sense. No fertilizer is needed, no plowing, no planting. Just a big hay-cutter and bailer will do the job. According to some scientists working on the problem, switch grass will provide more ethanol per weight than corn does, and return more than 4 times the amount of energy used to actually harvest and convert it to ethanol. Corn is closer to a 1 to 1 ratio.
It shows there's no common sense in Washington DC. No surprise there.
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