Environment & Energy

James48

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2. Food for fuel is a false argument.

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 09:50 AM

Dec 2011

Turns out that making ethanol results in the production of "DDG", dried distillers grain, which is used for animal feed.

One Bushel of Corn (56 pounds) provides 31.5 pounds of Starch,or 33 pounds of Sweetner, or 2.8 Gallons of Ethanol plus 13.5 pounds of Gluten Feed and 2.6 pounds of Gluten Meal and 1.5 pounds of Corn Oil

Farmers produce enough grain for fuel, and for food, and have extra left over. And we still have more than half of America's farmland OUT OF PRODUCTION sitting idle, because leaving it idle means prices are high enough that we don't have to pay price supports to farmers.

You and I don't eat field corn. Animals do. And animals still eat the byproduct of ethanol production- the DDG.

False argument.

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Ethanol [View all] James48 Dec 2011 OP

Food for fuel is immoral 4dsc Dec 2011 #1

Food for fuel is a false argument. James48 Dec 2011 #2

The crunch is coming... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #6

Better than Petroleum or Coal, not nearly as good as Solar, Wind, Hydro, etc. NYC_SKP Dec 2011 #3

Ethanol... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #4

Except- that electricity comes from coal. James48 Dec 2011 #5

Wrong. Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #7

Maybe where you are Bob, but not here. James48 Dec 2011 #8

Michigan, I once lived there... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #9

If only the Volt burned E85. James48 Dec 2011 #10

Might be... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #11