-Ethanol is made with sugar. We don’t make sugar real well, so we make corn…which than has to be processed to get out what we need. This adds another step to the process. Every time you add a step you add to the cost. As well as raising the costs in other sectors because the cost of corn goes up, which makes it more expensive to feed cows…you can see where this is going…
-With farmers growing the corn as fast as they can, they are ruining the soil. Which, by the way is replenished with manure from the cows and made with oil
-So, you say, you would rather support the Midwestern farmers than the big fat oil companies…Trust me the little farms are all owned by big, fat companies too.
-Brazil is more than willing to tear down the entire rainforest to make this sugar for us, but now we are tearing down the rainforest that clears the world of much of its carbon gases, which is the original reason that we are making alternative fuels in the first place.
Originally posted 2009-04-18 10:09:31.
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Very good points i just did a speach on this for a class, and im glad to see people are becoming more aware of the problems.
You however are missing one more tie that any economist would love to point out. This drives the price of corn up substantially more than double in the last 6 years.
Many companies like mcdonalds, and tyson are starting to feel the pain from this which can lead to only one thing, food prices being tied to energy prices imagine how inflation would go out of control then. No one wants food prices to rocket out of control the same way oil has.
Dont get me wrong were not on the brink of disaster but we arent headed in the right direction and it is a serious problem.
This isn’t a question. It’s a rant. You have no intention of reading any answers, you just wanted us to read your schpiel.
Brazil is not more than willing to tear down the the Amazon for U.S. check your sources.
It is more political than anything – politicians want to show that they’re big on national security and environmentally friendly………..farmers are more than happy to take their money.