ORIGINAL: Hircflyer
Maybe in Iowa they use corn and in other places they use something else...... to make ethanol.
I know our state leaders? decided to pass the law " to reduce our dependence on foreign imports" then someone told them we have no facility here to produce ethanol so guess what, we are importing ethanol! Probably from some where it's made from fish heads or something... the price went up also.....and gas milage went down...we pay more for gas BUT the state makes more from the gas tax.
Then they got a pay raise.
I'm glad it works for Iowa....
I think that ethanol is pretty much ethanol regardless of how it is produced. Anyway, ya just got to love it when politicians get involved in things they really know nothing about ..... and tell us its good for us!
Ethanol production here has become a big industry with corn planted pretty much fence row to fence row this year. Due to demand, the price of corn has pretty well gotten to or above the level where the ethanol producters can still produce at a profit. Politicians across the county continue to demand the use of more ethanol even before there is enough supply to fill the demand. Additional ethanol plants are being put on hold now because there is a question whether there will be adequate corn supplies to supply both the ethanol producers and the traditional corn processors and other users ..... such as FOOD. Can you see where I'm going here ...... soon the ethanol producers will be demanding subsidies because they can no longer produce enough product or produce at a profit. Yet politicians have dictated that ethanol be used pretty much country wide when they had no idea where the supply would come from. Heck, one day Iowa may become an ethanol importer!!!!
Ethanol might be good for Iowa and the country in the short term ..... not so sure about long term. I defend it when I hear people blaming it as the sole reason why diaphrams curl up, harden, etc. but don't completely support it otherwise. End of rant ......