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Walter E. Williams: Ethanol is a cruel hoax on the American consumer
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Can't believe this guy is actually making sense.
Ethanol is just a bad way to get votes in corn country.
There are better ways.
"As we stumble into the future of a permanent global energy crisis, an interesting delusional theme has taken shape among the public and virtually all our leaders in politics, business, and even science: the obsessive notion that it's all about keeping our cars running by other means, at all costs. This is very unfortunate because it will be a colossal act of futility." -James Howard Kunstler
Next up: the choice between a tank of ethanol and an empty tank.
Why are we waiting for the government to make changes? We need to be proactive.
For instance for a year now I walk to do my shopping (if it is within a mile of home) and I am capable of carrying it. I shop 2 or 3 times a week, so I can carry my groceries home.
But I only fill my gas tank once a month now.
I am now going to expand my limits to a mile and half and I am going to get a cart to pull.
We can make our own changes.
Remember to turn the thermostat down - Heating and cooling are about 80% of our nations total energy consumption.
Good suggestion. House shouldn't be over 68 degrees, if that, in the winter. Wear a sweater or heavy shirt if needed. No sense heating the entire house if all you need is the heat just around your body to keep you happy.
Write your congressman today.
The issue can be researched on the internet. But it's my understanding that it takes alotta energy to make hydrogen. Back to square one.
That said, to put ethanol into gasoline made from corn is stupid. It is not efficient to produce either economically or energy wise. Until we can find an efficient way to do this we should be using ethanol from countries who can do it at a reasonable cost.
No only is it not efficient at the pump. It causes the cost of food to go up considerably.
Utahns need big cars. Big families (more than two kids) can't fit into a four seater because all kids need to be in child seats which gobbles up the room. In the good old days when car seats were not required one could load several kids in a small car (sit on mom's lap, crowd in the back, etc). Hence the proliferation of big gas guzzling vans, SUVs, and the like to accommodate mandated car seats.
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Brazil does this much more efficiently and we should be importing this from countries who have the ability do do this efficiently until we also develop the ability to do it efficiently.