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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coldhardcash, post: 613517, member: 3893&quot;]I thought I would chime in on the Ethanol debate since it was brought up.&nbsp; It is always interesting to me to see how so many people have conflicting opinions about it.&nbsp; First, how much #2 field corn does a person eat.&nbsp; Answer; none.&nbsp; A large portion does get used for livestock feed, but the ethanol making process only uses the starch from the corn, the rest goes on to livestock with an improved protein and fat/oil value.&nbsp; Second,&nbsp; the #2 field corn industry has been producing around 10 to 11 billion bushels of corn a year for many years.&nbsp; The same before ethanol and during current times.&nbsp; How can you figure every little energy expenditure to make corn against it when it will happen regardless of ethanol?&nbsp; You can&#039;t.&nbsp; Besides&nbsp; entities without a negative agenda are coming up with very positive energy ratios for ethanol production.&nbsp; And it is only getting better every year as technology evolves.&nbsp; Now you want to know the cost in energy to bring oil to the us and refine it and distribute it?&nbsp; No you don&#039;t.&nbsp; So why does everyone hear such negative info about ethanol?&nbsp; Simple.&nbsp; Who has lots of money and lots to lose?&nbsp; Third, the farmer is giving a viable solution to a real problem right now! Who else is? And no, there are no rain forests being cut down so the US farmer can make more fuel.&nbsp; Anyone who believes that rhetoric is doomed to believe just about anything.</p><p>Thanks justafarmer for the interesting analysis.&nbsp; I will keep an eye on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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