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Ethanol vs. Natural Gas or Coal: Comparison Not Even Close

If the goal of ethanol is to reduce oil use, then ethanol is quit successful. The latest study on ethanol using current data (corn production and its conversion to ethanol have improved dramatically), show that for each gallon of petroleum-based fuel used, 13 gallons of ethanol are produced: www3.interscience.wile...

The author also has some basic facts about ethanol wrong, likely from reading sources that happen to agree with his opinion on the subject, and because he and his clients would benefit by repeating them.

Investing in energy - and biofuels - is not a one size fits all. Each has positives and negatives and, unfortunately, politics (both national and global) greatly impact all.

Pilgrim's Pride Files Chapter 11: Not a Bailout in Sight

Pilgrim's Pride and other big meat companies were "bailed out" for decades on cheap corn. :)

And now the company's arrogance and greed has caught up to it. It's executives like to point fingers at corn and feed costs but they should look in the mirror at how they ran a pretty good company into the ground by not efficiently merging two big companies - Pilgrim's and Gold Kist. They could hide their mismanagement when things were easy but not when the going got tough.