Corn Ethanol Subsidies?

[JBeukema]

Can anyone justify subsidizing corn ethanol, when all experts on alt fuels agree it's bullshit?

 

[Bern80]

Can anyone justify subsidizing corn ethanol, when all experts on alt fuels agree it's bullshit?

Anything that needs to be subsidized to sell is bullshit imo.

 

[Mr. H.]

It's been a con job since day one. Initial lab tests resulted in tailpipe emissions that exceeded EPA limits. Rather than go back to the lab, EPA standards were re-written to accomidate ETOH.

Yeah bullshit with a capital B.

 

[mdn2000]

The technology to refine oil from plants came before Petroleum refining technology.

Ethanol thus has a history of failure of over a 150 years.

 

[JBeukema]

The technology to refine oil from plants came before Petroleum refining technology.

Ethanol thus has a history of failure of over a 150 years.

Corn Ethanol is a failure, but there are other sources of ethanol that can be sustainable alter fuels for flexfuel vehicals.

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[mdn2000]

I for one have no problem being dependent on foreign oil, just because I am dependent on breathing does not make oxygen evil.

Our problem is we do not exercise our proper authority and force world wide.