"Jay Honeck" wrote:


But it must be done, or our country is being led down the primrose
path to perdition. The fact remains that converting corn into
ethanol, for the purpose of fueling automobiles, is simply absurd.

Oh, man, have you pushed my hot button!

If you were looking for one example that sums up practically everything
that's wrong with U. S. politics and government, you couldn't find a better
one than corn-ohol subsidies.

Most Americans are getting ROBBED by this scam, while a few big farmers and
Ag Corp's are getting rich.

Not only are we getting our money stolen directly by the gov't giveaways, but
the diversion of corn to etanol and land to corn production has driven up the
price of other crops, especially livestock feeds. This is producing snowball
effects in all sorts of commodity pricing. Have you checked the current cost
of a gallon of milk vs. a couple of years ago?

This country has serious energy problems, but we're not electing leadership
with the gumption to do anything real about solving them. Write your
congress people and *demand* an end to corn ethanol subsidies. They won't do
anything unless we push them.

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Dan
T-182T at BFM