Comments on: Corn Biofuel http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/ To explore and evaluate the true causes of social and environmental problems and how prejudice and emotion prevent solutions to those problems Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Stan Nodvik http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-222 Stan Nodvik Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:42:24 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-222 Corn shortage? Let's everybody in America go on a diet and make the unused, saved sugar into ethanol instead. -30- Corn shortage? Let’s everybody in America go on a diet and make the unused, saved sugar into ethanol instead.
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]]> By: Stan Nodvik http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-137 Stan Nodvik Tue, 06 May 2008 20:49:41 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-137 If only it was a two-way instead of a one-way process, and one could turn ethanol back into food. --30-- If only it was a two-way instead of a one-way process, and one could turn ethanol back into food.
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]]> By: Stan Nodvik http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-110 Stan Nodvik Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:43:54 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-110 I think part of the why-reason is that on day one, the press/magazines/TV/Internet media all thought that making ethanol from corn was one hell of a great idea as an alternative to foreign oil. Great story copy! -- much interest! -- it generated acceptance through massive PR; sold all of us on the concept. This came first, somewhat like how an idea for turning lead into gold sounds good at first. Any further corn-to-ethanol details involved were ignored. That's my opinion of why and where it started. Later, Congress (those who now have a stake in this) plus lobbyists equal farm subsidies. And, perhaps, in the long term when the cost of fuel gets higher (maybe like $14 a gallon), corn as ethanol will become cost-effective, but I doubt that Congress will eliminate corn subsidies then; business as usual. Meanwhile.... I think part of the why-reason is that on day one, the press/magazines/TV/Internet media all thought that making ethanol from corn was one hell of a great idea as an alternative to foreign oil. Great story copy! — much interest! — it generated acceptance through massive PR; sold all of us on the concept. This came first, somewhat like how an idea for turning lead into gold sounds good at first. Any further corn-to-ethanol details involved were ignored. That’s my opinion of why and where it started. Later, Congress (those who now have a stake in this) plus lobbyists equal farm subsidies. And, perhaps, in the long term when the cost of fuel gets higher (maybe like $14 a gallon), corn as ethanol will become cost-effective, but I doubt that Congress will eliminate corn subsidies then; business as usual. Meanwhile….

]]> By: Darrell Fichtl http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-98 Darrell Fichtl Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:10:23 +0000 http://www.jwmalenda.com/blog/2008/02/15/corn-biofuel/#comment-98 That's a very good question for Archer Daniels Midland. I doubt if they would give you much of an answer though. In fact they'd probably kick you out the front door. In might be interesting to discover how much ADM receives in corn subsidies though. Several articles on the web suggest that it's really "pigging" out. Isn't government of the corporation, by the corporation and for the corporation just wonderful. That’s a very good question for Archer Daniels Midland.

I doubt if they would give you much of an answer though. In fact they’d probably kick you out the front door.

In might be interesting to discover how much ADM receives in corn subsidies though. Several articles on the web suggest that it’s really “pigging” out.

Isn’t government of the corporation, by the corporation and for the corporation just wonderful.

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