Hidden costs of ethenol

cavelamb himself wrote:
I am remimded of a quote that said, "when otherwise intelligent people
do stupid stuff, there is usually politics involved".

So not only do we pay more for less power in out auto fuel...


http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/20...nd-for-ethanol


It's spelled ethanol, not ethenol, babe. Dang non media types, no copy
editing. (tongue-in-cheek mode into low gear)

And while it's true that corn's up a good deal from its 2000 price of
$1.95 a bushel, it's also true that in 1950 corn cost... $2.00 a bushel.

The cost of the corn in a bag of Doritos is 2 cents, so folks howling
about its effect on other consumer products are crying wolf, dear. We
pay less of our income for food than any other consumers on earth and
nobody I've seen lately is in any danger of starving.

Let them brew up their corn ethanol for another year or so until others
start making it out of weeds, leftover winegrapeskins, and other crap
and the Midwestern plants are standing empty. When the price of corn
goes back down to two bucks a bushel once again, don't hold your breath
waiting for cheaper Doritos...that's not the way the system works.

Of course by then we'll "win" the "war" in Iraq and gas will be real
cheap again.