Good news! The April issue of Ethanol Producer Monthly (EPM) is already online! Actually, if Sarah Smith's article "Ethanol's Excedrin Headache: Where Have All the Good Sites Gone?" is anything to go by, the news isn't that great for the mag's target market. EPM has identified organized ethanol plant protests in 14 states. "Rural communities that once heralded the arrival of an ethanol plant are now thumbing their noses at them." Before listing litigation from California to Wisconsin, Smith gives ethanol boosters a quick course in how not to win friends and influence people. "Plaintiffs swap strategies over the Internet, trade petition forms, success stories, failures, even going so far as to design T-shirts and coin the perfect acronym for their groups. Their reasons for filing causes of action are as myriad as the ethanol technology itself: not in my back yard, zoning board decisions, economic benefit, industry distrust, environmental concerns and water use issues. The view from the third tee box, listed in one cause of action, illustrates the lengths plaintiffs will go to halt a project in its tracks. After all, golf is life, isn't it?"
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I believe Mr. Burns said it best:
“Eeexcellent.”
I’m glad to hear of this. The gov’t needs to realize they can’t cram this corn crap ethanol down our throats and and expect us to swallow it.
Not that it would stop them or anything….
We will hear nothing of that comrade meocuchad.
The government will do wonderful job spending your money on ethanol. Oil no good, ethanol better. Pay your taxes and learn system.
bluecon :
We will hear nothing of that comrade meocuchad.
The government will do wonderful job spending your money on ethanol. Oil no good, ethanol better. Pay your taxes and learn system.
The sad part is, you’re absolutely right.
But still, a fella can dream, can’t he? Dreams are certainly cheaper than ethanol production.
Makes you pine for the good old days of low taxes under King George.
All I can say, is: What is it about Uncle Sam and Ethanol? If he is not trying to go dry, he is trying to drown his problems (in this case OPEC) in alcohol.
Get a grip, Uncle Sam! For all of our sakes!
@Engineer:
Ethanol is being promoted so much because the agriculture industry is heavily subsidized by the US government. $24 billion (yes Billion) in subsidies to multinational agriculture corporations has to be justified somehow. The government needs somewhere to put all this corn they’re paying for, so ethanol it is.
Ethanol, like high fructose corn syrup, is just another way to use all the excess food US companies produce. That’s why when you look at food packaging, nine times out of ten there’s corn syrup in there somehow.
I know, the government wasting our money isn’t exactly a shocking new development.
Hey just because we are ordering you to tear otu your lawn to save water doesn’t mean we shouldn’t supply millions of gallons of water to grow corn and produce ethanol. I can’t see any reason people would have a problem with that.
Note to all ethanol haters:
Please send those who want to build ethanol plants to Iowa. We love ’em. Ethanol is the only thing holding gas prices down right now by the way. The Iowa economy is booming while those who reject ethanol are experiencing a recession. I hope they enjoy it.
That is because the government is confiscating the money from the others and giving it to the ethanol swindlers. Very unAmerican.
What are the stats? Like 21 gallons of water or something for one gallon of ethanol?
IronEagle :
March 20th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
What are the stats? Like 21 gallons of water or something for one gallon of ethanol?
More than that from the time you plant the seed to the final product, ethanol, if corn is used. I’ve seen estimates from three seperate sources. All are in the 60 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol produced from corn.
@97escort
So you’re saying the Iowa economy is booming because of ethanol and the other 49 states are suffering a recession. hmm. Somehow I think the trade-off isn’t really worth it.. something that’s essentially gas, but half as good and ineffient to make to boot.
They are building an ethanol plant in Dunkirk NY that has the locals up in arms. Even the bio fuel types are against something that smells this bad, uses this much water and takes that much land away. One woman is losing her house and land for whatever pittance they offer her.
Nothing like a government mandate to remind people how far big government will go. And people think companies get out of hand.