Originally Posted by Franc Rauscher
Here's a news flash that point's out the unintended costs of ethanol.
Catfish farmers in Mississippi have shut down because at $280.00 per ton, the cost of feed, ie Corn, is too high. The $462 MM annual industry has essentially shut down taking about 10,000 American jobs with it.
Ethanol still gets almost $1.00 per gal of tax payer's money as a subsidy to support this nonsense.
Thank your congresssmen, Al Gore, Sen. Harry Reid and Speaker of the House, Nancy Palosi.
Corn farmer's however, are delighted.
roadster with a stick
Holy partisan bias. Let's not forget to thank Bush for his
support of corn ethanol. Environmentalists have never been a fan of this type of ethanol, especially Gore. They favored corn ethanol as a bridge technology to cellulosic ethanol made from switch grass.
Your point is correct, though, ethanol from corn is just a horrendous idea as a widespread energy source. Biofuels are nothing more than a distraction anyway. Electricity is the way to go. Wind, Solar, and Nuclear power are more realistic in terms of overall implementation feasibility.