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sendero

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19. Nobody is ...

Reply to sybylla (Reply #13)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 08:28 PM

Nov 2013

... "playing on my fears". Ethanol takes so much energy to produce it is not a viable solution. I am happy I found a way to avoid playing the game and paying for a product that is substandard and actually has no benefit to anyone other than big agribusiness.

If you think big ag is any better than big oil I have a bridge to sell you.

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