Paul Killinger

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

Sensible post, Tom.

Sugar ethanol could work here, we could easily plant more and they practically have to give it away throughout the Caribbean. But the big problem is we'd have to convert every gas station in the U.S. to be able to use it.

So electrics are the answer. We'll have to upgrade our electric grid to use them, though. And we need more oil to get from here to there. Also, thus far, we have no policies (...translated into English that means ending existing environmental moratoria) to allow any of this to happen.

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

King Corners,

Since corn ethanol is so competitive with other alternative fuels, then you wouldn't mind if the Congress eliminated its various corn subsidies and ended sugar ethanol tariffs, would you? Good, then you can get the corn lobby to tell Congress about their new position today. Give me a break!

You know, I was in the front row supporting you guys when farmers were going broke some years ago for ag subsidies, so you all could survive and we'd have affordable food products. But, now, like every other government handout, you've just become pigs at the trough.

You can gloss it over any way you like, but corn ethanol makes as much economic sense as steam locomotives. So long as you're getting yours, you don't care if gas and milk are both $5 a gallon!

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

Bud,

It takes 1.3 barrels of oil (...or the energy equivalent) to make a barrel of corn ethanol. Sounds like the rest of the Congressional energy policy to me!

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

GT,

Well said!

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

Mixter,

The country agrees with you. That is, everybody but the corn farmers and the Congress.

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

A bottle of rum vs. a bottle of Jack Daniels, the answer was right in front of him. Maybe he didn't imbibe in either one...?

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

Jack,

Henry didn't know that sugar contains 6X the energy of corn.

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

Tariffs on Brazilian sugar-based ethanol make as much sense as instituting tariffs on foreign oil. Brazil runs its entire auto fleet on sugar, and we could grow our own!

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

Oh, I forgot, suing OPEC... Right!

Ethanol Is Dead: How You Can Still Profit From It

In this current energy climate, it is foolhardy to be betting against the future of corn ethanol. Congress instituted this mandate, and has so far shown no signs of doing ANYTHING responsible to attempt to slow price increases or secure our nation's future energy supplies. What are they doing that leads you to believe they're going to start now...?