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Republicans Offer Alternative Energy Bill Heavy on Nuclear, Oil Drilling

Can you build nuclear in California that can withstand earthquakes?

Ethanol Better Than Gasoline If Done Right

Dear Matthew,

My 1978 computer did not work very well either.

Ethanol: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, the Beautiful

Please keep in mind that their are large parts of our country where Ethanol has lower shipping cost than gasoline. The solution in Texas or New Mexico is not the solution in NE, IA, IL, MN, SD, IN, KS,or MO where ethanol production is just a stones throw away.

Also, Blender pumps that distribute E30 instead of E85 produce Gas mileage as good as or better than gasoline in flex fule vehicles. Promote the instillation of blender pumps! Dr. Chu still works for Mr. Obama, an ethanol supporter from a state that grows corn.

Verasun Energy: Thin Margin Co's Are One Bad Economic Turn Away from Disaster

Dear Vinton county,

(The Constitution forbids Congress from requiring me to use a particular gasoline recipe,)

Remember when the government told the refineries to stop using Led in gasoline? The EPA tells every refiner how to make gasoline based on weather, humidity, and air polution levels.

Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

Dear Sub,

So you are in favor of this taxing/social medeling methodology. Me too.

I also agree with you that raising the taxes on gasoline would be an improvement.

Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

Dear biofuelsimon

Apparently the amount of corn used to make ethanol was not enough to raise the price of corn. The last time I looked corn was $3.72/bushel. Keep in mind, ethanol does not remove the corn from the food chain. The ethanol plant removes the starch and sells the rest back into the food chain. Evan if 100% of US corn went to ethanol plants first, we would only have to increase production by 30% This increase would be easier than most of you think. Growing corn has not been profitable since the late 1970s. It has been kept alive with gov subsidies. Imagine how much they would grow if it were profitable.

Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

Dear Sub,

The jibberish included in my quote was a highlighting error. Sorry.

Is it safe to assume that you thik the whole carrot/stick methodology of our tax system is wrong? If we don't like something,"tobacco, alcohol," we tax it. It we want to promote something, "ethanol, wind power," we give it tax breaks or credits."

FPL Group Cuts Wind Power Plans: Sign of a Larger Trend?

It is hard to build wind farms, or anything else, when you can't get financing.

Ag Secretary Defends Ethanol

Dear Old Rick

Do you know the difference between potential energy and realized energy?

There is no mileage lose when you use E-10 or up to a 30% alcohol mix.

Sign of the Times: Ethanol Boom Goes Bust, Utilities, Energy and Consumer Staples Hit Hard

My biggest fear, well the one I will discuss with all of you, is that $4.10 gas will make $2.50 gas seem cheap. The last thing we need is for the US consumer to start buying SUVs again. This would be a perfect time to raise the gasoline tax. McCain and Obama cant say it out loud, but if you believe our reliance on foreign energy puts the US in a financial and Strategic disadvantage this is the time to do something about it.

Feel free to vent at me now.

Ag Secretary Defends Ethanol

Corn is currently selling for $3.85/bushel. Lets put that in historical perspective. 30 years ago corn sold for $3.25/bushel. 30 years ago gasoline was $.88/gallon, today it sells for $2.95/gallon. Which one of these did not keep up with the rate of inflation? Apparently, ethanol did not push the price of corn out of the reach of American consumers.

Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

Hey Subby,

Can I get you opinion on this.

The U.S. government's recent $700 billion bailout could help. It includes a 50 percent tax break for the building of refineries that process oil shale, as well as tar sands.
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Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

Sub

A "Typical Year?" Corn has been under $3/bushel in 8 of 10 years prior to 1996. And the years it was up we were bailing them out of flood loses. The university of Illionis shows corn prices growing at half the rate of inflation dating back 30 years.

Corn prices going up made us compliant with the WTO wishes. I am hoping it has the effect they wanted, ie production increasing in other parts of the world..

Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

Sub,
Farmers were dumping corn for $1.85 and getting reimbursed by the government to a sale price of $2.95. With 13 billion bushels of corn grown, that is $14.3 Billion dollars per year. And that is only corn, are price supports for wheat, soybeans...etc

Starting another topic. The subsidies would be better spent going to companies building infrastructure, than to the blenders.

Study Shows Ethanol Energy Efficiency Is Growing

dear lucile,

My car gets better mileage when I use 10% ethanol.