Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Is Obama a Shill for the Ethanol Lobby?

["Nowlin, Dan" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

What need to happen with ethanol is to get off of this kick of using
corn and start using switch grass.  It grows everywhere corn can grow
and is not used for anything, well maybe grazing.  The ethanol output of
this grass is a lot higher then with corn. 

--
Daniel Nowlin
DataCenter Tech III
TelCom DataCenter

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 23:52
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Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Is Obama a Shill for the Ethanol Lobby?

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Jack Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 19:37 -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
>
>> I used to think ethanol was good, but now I think it is wasting too
much
>> good farm land.  It's working for Brazil but they can grow lots of
extra
>> sugar cane, apparently.
>
> I wouldn't say that it is wasting farm land at all. By definition, 
> wasting something means getting little to no benefit from it.

But the return on the energy investment is pretty poor.  Are they being 
subsidized or otherwise encouraged to get into the ethanol business?  It

isn't just a free market situation, is it?


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