The third problem and the biggest,  is that it consumes more oil in petroleum
for production and petrochemicals than it yields, but that subject is for a
different List.   :)

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Scott Foss - Shazam <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Well Don !
> I think you NAILED IT - obviously our fuel should be 10 % Rum !!!
>
> But i think you have the general gist of 'the problem' regarding
> congress mandaated corn to make fuel.......
> And as i saw in a political cartoon about ethanol -
> I think it's making a lot of farmers rich right now too, or the new Farm
> Bill will.
>
> it's expensive to make,
> and it makes food prices go up.
> ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what it was just now ) ..
> scott
> turbovans
>
>
> Don Hanson wrote:
>
>> This talk about Ethanol mixed into pump gas.  Can one only make Ethanol
>> from
>> Corn, or does any fermenting plant produce it?  Did I imagine  reading
>> somewhere that our Gov. decreed corn to be *the* designated bio-source for
>> ethanol over other plants that might be more productive when turned into
>> 'go-juice'?  Like sugar cane, sugar beets, etc?  Seems like using only
>> corn
>> is a waste, since corn is also a pretty widely eaten food source for
>> humans,
>> while cane and beets just make sugar, mainly...and rum...
>>  Hmmm..maybe Rum is important to those Oil Boys who are in charge right
>> now...
>>  VW van content:  Back in my Split window Hippy Van days, we used to make
>> a
>> home brew we called "Pineapple Swipe".  Took only a few days to get pretty
>> strong, so we'd mix up a batch when we left on a long surfing trip, stash
>> it
>> in the back of the van and later on throw a big party..."Pineapple Swipe"
>> because we often swiped the base ingredient:  pineapples...Little
>> criminals
>> and hooligans that we were (are?)
>>  Don Hanson
>>
>>
>>
>>

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