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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ratio411, post: 1090092, member: 26729&quot;]Without getting political, or commenting on anything but corn (and it&#039;s profound affect on food prices)...</p><p>Corn is in a government created bubble by being diverted from the food supply, both in the form of corn, corn byproducts, and essential feed for meat/dairy animals, for use in EPA mandated ethanol production.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They claim ethanol is less polluting, but don&#039;t take into account the pollution from fossil fuels to cultivate the corn, pollution from the fossil fuels used to transport the products, pollution from the added fertilizer used to farm more corn, and pollution from the manufacturing facilities making the ethanol.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They claim ethanol can be made cheaply.... However, the ethanol in our fuel raises the price of the fuel, even after huge subsidies for each gallon from the taxpayer to industry. Corporate welfare, payola, scheme, whatever you want to call it. It costs more to make than they could ever sell it for.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Back to fossil fuels vs ethanol... They claim that ethanol replaces fossil fuels. Yes, at the pump it does. However, they say that when you take into account the fossil fuel used to culivate, transport, and manufacture ethanol, 1.6 gallons of fossil fuel is burned to make each gallon of ethanol.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, food prices... Diverting the corn from the mouths of people and farm animals raises the price of EVERYTHING![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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