[Fot] gasoline comparison - ethanol impacts

[Bill Babcock]

Incidentally, with corn futures at $5.60 a bushel and Soybeans at   
$12.00  farmers that grow any potential fuel crop are pretty delirious  
these days, as are farmers in general, since using corn for fuel and  
other factors seem to have driven food up enough to compete with  
gasoline as an expense.

I remember when farmers were politicking like mad to get the  
government to invest in ethanol production. Now they're being a lot  
more quiet since the "green" aspect of alternate fuel production is  
being given the scrutiny it always deserved. As usual, politically  
motivated "science" sends us down paths that don't deliver real  
change. Just politics. I can't help but view people who jump on  
bandwagons as suckers.

Assuming climate issues and pollution get worse, I wonder if anyone  
will remember that the Kyoto accord enabled BRIC (Brazil, Russia,  
India and China) to capture the lion's share of worldwide  
manufacturing growth in extremely unregulated environments. Anyone who  
thinks it was labor costs alone needs to visit a lights out machining  
facility. Uneconomical and going out of business in the US, but not in  
China. I wonder why that is?

On Sep 14, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Michael Porter wrote:

> Group44TR7 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>        As energy scientists search for alternative fuels, one of
>> the challenges is finding a fuel source that provides as much energy
>> per gallon as gasoline and diesel.
>>
>
> Butanol.  95% of the fuel value of gasoline.  More octane. Capable of
> being made with a two-stage fermentation process from all sorts of  
> food
> wastes, such whey from cheese production....
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> -- 
>
>
> Michael Porter
> Roswell, NM
>
>
> Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking  
> distance....
>
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