Originally Posted By: Brigadier
So, your MPG takes a serious hit, and you burn MORE fuel and put MORE CO2 into the air. Very bad for mommy earth, right?
But Iowa corn farmers thank you.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2011/01/the-great-ethanol-debate/index.htm
Sure, mpg may take a hit. But if the fuel itself is considerably less expensive to buy, the cost per mile may actually be lower, so what's the rub? CO2 is only bad per greenie folks who live in the clouds. Vegetation loves the stuff. And the earth itself emits several magnitudes of CO2 into the atmosphere above what we could do in our worse scenarios.
But indeed! Iowa farmers give out a big thanks! But that article is woefully outdated. All ethanol subsidies were eliminated in 2011 for ethanol production. The only thing that has gotten any money since then is retailers to install blender pumps to offer wider variety of ethanol blends. Ethanol itself is purely a commodity market exchange deal just like any other fuel.
So, your MPG takes a serious hit, and you burn MORE fuel and put MORE CO2 into the air. Very bad for mommy earth, right?
But Iowa corn farmers thank you.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2011/01/the-great-ethanol-debate/index.htm
Sure, mpg may take a hit. But if the fuel itself is considerably less expensive to buy, the cost per mile may actually be lower, so what's the rub? CO2 is only bad per greenie folks who live in the clouds. Vegetation loves the stuff. And the earth itself emits several magnitudes of CO2 into the atmosphere above what we could do in our worse scenarios.
But indeed! Iowa farmers give out a big thanks! But that article is woefully outdated. All ethanol subsidies were eliminated in 2011 for ethanol production. The only thing that has gotten any money since then is retailers to install blender pumps to offer wider variety of ethanol blends. Ethanol itself is purely a commodity market exchange deal just like any other fuel.
