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**HonestSean** · 12-03-2007, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by Oerdin

Ethanol is a great idea but not if we're using corn to produce it. If we do use corn then it is stupid because we use more oil to produce the corn then we save by making ethanol. Republicans want to buy votes in fly over country so they raise this red herring and keep the tariff on sugar unreasonably high.

If we really wanted to reduce oil consumption we'd stop subsidizing useless corn production and start importing sugar cain from Latin America and Africa then use that sugar to make ethanol. THAT is how you make ethanol which actually produces more energy then it uses. Where's the subsidy to US farmers in that? You really haven't thought about this have you?

12-03-2007, 01:45 AM	#20
HonestSean Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Originally posted by Oerdin Ethanol is a great idea but not if we're using corn to produce it. If we do use corn then it is stupid because we use more oil to produce the corn then we save by making ethanol. Republicans want to buy votes in fly over country so they raise this red herring and keep the tariff on sugar unreasonably high. If we really wanted to reduce oil consumption we'd stop subsidizing useless corn production and start importing sugar cain from Latin America and Africa then use that sugar to make ethanol. THAT is how you make ethanol which actually produces more energy then it uses. Where's the subsidy to US farmers in that? You really haven't thought about this have you?
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