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Incidentally, with corn futures at $5.60 a bushel and Soybeans at
$12.00 farmers that grow any potential fuel crop are pretty delirious
these days, as are farmers in general, since using corn for fuel and
other factors seem to have driven food up enough to compete with
gasoline as an expense.
I remember when farmers were politicking like mad to get the
government to invest in ethanol production. Now they're being a lot
more quiet since the "green" aspect of alternate fuel production is
being given the scrutiny it always deserved. As usual, politically
motivated "science" sends us down paths that don't deliver real
change. Just politics. I can't help but view people who jump on
bandwagons as suckers.
Assuming climate issues and pollution get worse, I wonder if anyone
will remember that the Kyoto accord enabled BRIC (Brazil, Russia,
India and China) to capture the lion's share of worldwide
manufacturing growth in extremely unregulated environments. Anyone who
thinks it was labor costs alone needs to visit a lights out machining
facility. Uneconomical and going out of business in the US, but not in
China. I wonder why that is?
On Sep 14, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Michael Porter wrote:
> Group44TR7@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> As energy scientists search for alternative fuels, one of
>> the challenges is finding a fuel source that provides as much energy
>> per gallon as gasoline and diesel.
>>
>
> Butanol. 95% of the fuel value of gasoline. More octane. Capable of
> being made with a two-stage fermentation process from all sorts of
> food
> wastes, such whey from cheese production....
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
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> Michael Porter
> Roswell, NM
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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Incidentally, with corn futures =
at $5.60 a bushel and Soybeans at $12.00 farmers that grow =
any potential fuel crop are pretty delirious these days, as =
are farmers in general, since using corn for fuel and other factors seem =
to have driven food up enough to compete with gasoline as an expense. =
<div><br></div><div>I remember when farmers =
were politicking like mad to get the government to invest =
in ethanol production. Now they're being a lot more quiet =
since the "green" aspect of alternate fuel production is being given the =
scrutiny it always deserved. As usual, politically motivated "science" =
sends us down paths that don't deliver real change. Just politics. I =
can't help but view people who jump on bandwagons as =
suckers. </div><div><br></div><div>Assuming climate issues and =
pollution get worse, I wonder if anyone will remember that the =
Kyoto accord enabled BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) to capture =
the lion's share of worldwide manufacturing growth in extremely =
unregulated environments. Anyone who thinks it was labor costs alone =
needs to visit a lights out machining facility. Uneconomical and going =
out of business in the US, but not in China. I wonder why that =
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whey from cheese production....<br><br><br><br>Cheers.<br><br>-- =
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