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I'm not Charlie either, but my brother-in-law Dave in Standish MI now receives a Gov. check because he agreed to commit some of his corn for ethanol use from his dairy farm, how is this helping????? David Cook RV6A Rotary ( WARNING!!!!!!! DO NOT USE TIGHT-SEAL FROM AIRCRAFT SPRUCE FOR SENDER COVERS ON FUEL TANKS, MOGAS WILL DISSOLVE & LEAK ) Re-sealing both tanks now, any suggestions as to what gskt. sealer (not permanent) to use?
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From: "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures@cox.net>
> I'm not Charlie but in my opinion, corn is one of the worst due to
> competition w/ food consumers.
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> I'm not Charlie either, but in my opinion corn is the worst because it is a
> no-gainer - meaning it takes as much energy (+- depending on data source) to
> produce the corn and make the ethanol as you get back from the ethanol. And
> burning ethanol still puts CO2 into the atmosphere. If it weren't for the
> heavy lobbying (read campaign contributions and other perks for politicians)
> by the major grain companies (ADM, Cargil, etc.) over the past decade or
> more; who are now making big bucks producing the stuff from corn with
> government subsidies - there would not be a corn/ethanol program
in this
> country.
>
> Making ethanol from sugar cane, as they do in Brazil, makes some sense.
> They are achieving energy out/energy in of greater than 8 : 1 in the newer
> plants.
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> Al G
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