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If you read some of the current farm journals however you will find out that not only is the American farmer getting a benifit from it but we are actually planting the most corn in the US since 1940. Corn may take energy to produce, but so does gasoline. It WILL make us less dependant on foreign countries for oil (not totally independant mind you) AND it puts the money in the pocket of Americans NOT ahrabs.
By the way I don't know where the pricing people were talkin about comes from, but I do know when in Dallas E85 ethanol (Which you can burn in ANY modern Chevy marked FLEX FUEL) Was running $2.09 where plain jane GAS was $3.24 a gallon. That is a LITTLE different pricing.
Also I checked on converting my truck to run E85 and since the engine is an '05 the conversion pack from Chevy to make it run E85 costs around $225. IF we had ANY E85 pumps in East Texas you can bet your sweet behind I would pay that out in a heartbeat. For SOME people $1.15 a gallon may not matter, but seeing as I put around 620 miles a week on my truck. . . . . . you add it up.
By the way I wouldn't believe 20/20 John Stossel or ANY of their people if they swore on a stack of Bibles. I have seen them twist FAR to much in the past.
Why is it the SAME people who want to run down E85 and corn production in the media want to hype Biodiesel made from soy? Check out where their funding comes from. The National Soy Council is freaking out. Farms have planted 93% LESS Soy this year and something like 380% MORE corn.
As for me I am allergic to soy. I hope they ban the crap, and I hope we are all burning nothing but PURE ethanol in 10 years. I know its a dream, BUT it isn't any less real than the buggers that want to stop it.
Also somebody mentioned a wood scrap energy plant going in close to them we are getting on here also.
GoodOlBoy
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