danno

Is VeraSun a Good Buy?

What a bloody genius this guy is. Does he ever really look at the big picture?
Verasun only exists because of egregious government pork to the agribusiness lobby.

1) grain-based fuels are highly destructive to soils, and the watershed from all the fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.
2) They consume massive amounts of water.
3) ethanol from sugarcane is far, far more economical, but prohibited from importing by the sugar lobby and the likes of Verasun thereby filching taxpayers and hurting the economy.
3) Are, at best, energy neutral since they consume as much energy to make as they provide to vehicles.
4) Put additional pressure on food prices and drive up inflation and feed the unrest in developing countries where corn is a staple.
5) what a tax on the poor and the rich for a select few!