[SEL] Corn-gas a BUST!

[David Rotigel]

Come on Arnie, I'm trying to sell a bridge here!
	Dave

On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Arnie Fero wrote:

> Hey there Brent,
>
> May I suggest a few good courses in thermodynamics, economics, and
> engineering?
>
> The only "facts" that are certain in the whole ethanol welfare  
> program are
> that the cost of cereal, beef, chicken, etc. is being driven up.   
> If the
> cost of petrol continues to rise, the ethanol debacle will only  
> worsen.
>
> If Hillary wins, then it becomes a national-scale feel-good fiscal
> disaster.
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, tamatea whanau wrote:
>
>> Maybe the feds know something we dont know at the moment the price  
>> is dearer
>> to produce ethanol than petrol but if the price goes up for petrol  
>> as it is
>> here substantially over the last 15months the alternative may not  
>> look so
>> bad, food for thought i will be surprised if we see the price will  
>> go down
>> in a hurry  brent
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> In a message dated 9/24/2007 10:42:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> rotigel at alltel.net writes:
>>
>> Another  vote for the continuation of this welfare program for  
>> farmers?
>> Dave
>>
>> I agree that the Ethanol program is farmer welfare.  It wouldn't  
>> exist
>> without gov't subsidies.  Making ethanol for fuel is a losing   
>> proposition.
>> We
>> burn more gas/diesel making ethanol than we get out of  it?   
>> Definitely
>> backwards
>> economics.  Only the Feds think it makes  sense to turn a dollar  
>> into 80
>> cents and think they've come out ahead.
>> Joe
>
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