Comments on: The Ethanol Disaster http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/05/01/the-ethanol-disaster/ The FreedomWorks blog dedicated to lower taxes and more freedom. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: M-F http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/05/01/the-ethanol-disaster/#comment-84048 M-F Tue, 06 May 2008 02:50:11 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/?p=1501#comment-84048 Ethanol is only a small part of rising food prices, here are the main reasons: - This years world wheat harvest has been one of the worst on record. A once in 100 year drought in Austrailia, plus bad weather in Canada and Ukraine have had a major impact. - China is moving 30 million people a year off farms and into the cities and the Chinese are eating more meat which requires much more output to feed the animals. - High energy prices mean the inputs to agriculture like fertilizer have skyrocketed. Ethanol is now contributing 8% of all US gasoline, without it, gas would be even higher. The oil companies have never liked ethanol and don't want to build infrastructure to support it. When cellulosic ethanol ramps up, they will lose business. Having said that, the US needs to drill for MUCH more oil within the US and just offshore. Ethanol is only a small part of rising food prices, here are the main reasons:
- This years world wheat harvest has been one of the worst on record. A once in 100 year drought in Austrailia, plus bad weather in Canada and Ukraine have had a major impact.
- China is moving 30 million people a year off farms and into the cities and the Chinese are eating more meat which requires much more output to feed the animals.
- High energy prices mean the inputs to agriculture like fertilizer have skyrocketed.

Ethanol is now contributing 8% of all US gasoline, without it, gas would be even higher.

The oil companies have never liked ethanol and don’t want to build infrastructure to support it. When cellulosic ethanol ramps up, they will lose business. Having said that, the US needs to drill for MUCH more oil within the US and just offshore.

]]> By: robert the radical for capitalism http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/05/01/the-ethanol-disaster/#comment-83043 robert the radical for capitalism Sat, 03 May 2008 12:08:54 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/?p=1501#comment-83043 The only way for anyone in the republican party, who is disiilusioned by the current administration and the coolaid drinkers in the house and senate, who passed this erroneous bills, endorsed by this idiot of a president, is to be become independent voters and start reading objectivist books by aynrand, i recommend all of them, then only will you come to know how bad this country is being screwed over and more freedom taken away by the same politicians on both sides of the aisle, watchout here comes the FARMBILL another government giveaway program with no end insight. capitalism is the cure, not goverment intervensionism. The only way for anyone in the republican party, who is disiilusioned by the current administration and the coolaid drinkers in the house and senate, who passed this erroneous bills, endorsed by this idiot of a president, is to be become independent voters and start reading objectivist books by aynrand, i recommend all of them, then only will you come to know how bad this country is being screwed over and more freedom taken away by the same politicians on both sides of the aisle, watchout here comes the FARMBILL another government giveaway program with no end insight. capitalism is the cure, not goverment intervensionism.

]]> By: Chris Kinnan http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/05/01/the-ethanol-disaster/#comment-82551 Chris Kinnan Fri, 02 May 2008 02:19:08 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/?p=1501#comment-82551 Glad to see the liberal media finally catch up on this critical issue...I wrote on it <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=2858" rel="nofollow">a year ago</a>, Armey <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=2722" rel="nofollow">called for repeal in 2006</a>, and in 2002 then-CSE President Paul Beckner <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=1127" rel="nofollow">argued against ethanol mandates.</a> Glad to see the liberal media finally catch up on this critical issue…I wrote on it a year ago, Armey called for repeal in 2006, and in 2002 then-CSE President Paul Beckner argued against ethanol mandates.

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