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Tracy Crook wrote:
Really ticks you off doesn't it. Using our tax dollars to support this insanity. (As if that's something new :>)
George wrote:
"I read an article I found somewhere that Corn actually produces more alcohol (per bushel) than any other crop, for instance sugar cane produces about 1/3 rd less."
You've been getting your reading material from some very suspect sources (Corn Farming Weelky? :>). This is scientifically verifiable BS. Sugarcane is about 8 times more efficient that corn. It's so good that the US Gov. is "protecting" us by banning imports of Brasilian ethanol. Just not fair competition for corn farmers. Must change subjects, I'll flunk my 3'rd class physical due to high blood pressure.
Tracy
Isn't it interesting? In the forties and fifties (as far back as I can remember) there was a huge sugar beet industry in this country, centered mostly in Idaho, eastern Oregon and southern California. Remember the "Holly" brand of sugar? But the price of sugar cane (and the cost of importing it) eventually drove the producers of sugar beets to other, more remunerative, crops. Those who still have the fields (that haven't been turned into shopping centers or housing tracts) would probably go back to production, except the subsidies for the corn growers still makes the beets a less profitable crop. That's how government action (and your money) distorts markets beyond any sense.
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #0497
Ch.12; Ch's 13 & 16 in-progress.
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