http://boyinthebands.com/archives/corn-wont-solve-the-energy-mess/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/corn-wont-solve-the-energy-mess/#comment-38898 Derek Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:41:26 +0000 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/corn-wont-solve-the-energy-mess/#comment-38898 My father-in-law is recently retired from the USDA. He has told me many times that corn is not the cost efficient way to create bio-fuels. There is some kind of saw-grass that would need to be grown in most North American latitudes. But the corn processing industry has a very strong lobbying effort in Congress (just witness the pervasive use of corn syrup over all other sugar sources including sugar beets). My father-in-law is recently retired from the USDA. He has told me many times that corn is not the cost efficient way to create bio-fuels. There is some kind of saw-grass that would need to be grown in most North American latitudes. But the corn processing industry has a very strong lobbying effort in Congress (just witness the pervasive use of corn syrup over all other sugar sources including sugar beets).

]]> http://boyinthebands.com/archives/corn-wont-solve-the-energy-mess/#comment-38870 Joel Monka Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:28:14 +0000 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/corn-wont-solve-the-energy-mess/#comment-38870 Of course corn is not a solution- the whole program is just pork for the corn producing states. ALCOHOL, however, could be a solution... alcohol made from sugarcane. The only problem is that you can't grow sugarcane in Kansas, so no one will vote for it. We could just buy the alcohol from Brazil- but there's prohibitive tariffs on it to protect the corn states! As long as farmers vote en bloc, and as long as presidential candidates need those votes, we will not be able to buy Brazilian fuel. *sigh* Of course corn is not a solution- the whole program is just pork for the corn producing states. ALCOHOL, however, could be a solution… alcohol made from sugarcane. The only problem is that you can’t grow sugarcane in Kansas, so no one will vote for it. We could just buy the alcohol from Brazil- but there’s prohibitive tariffs on it to protect the corn states! As long as farmers vote en bloc, and as long as presidential candidates need those votes, we will not be able to buy Brazilian fuel. sigh

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