[T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

[Jim Adney]

On 3 Oct 2012 at 7:41, Dan Badeer wrote:

> I live in corn country and we have ethanol plants in many parts of our
> State.  We've done a lot of analysis (I'm a financial advisor), and I
> can tell you that it's NOT efficient.  Without gov't subsidy, it would
> never make it.

Your analysis is financial, while the scientific one just looks at 
the energy side. I'd support the subsidys if the energy side was 
strongly positive, simply because it seems reasonable to encourage 
new energy approaches if they look like they hold long term energy 
promise.

In this case, we're talking about diverting a food crop to support 
our driving habits in a way that doesn't make energy sense. So it 
strikes me as a mistake.

It makes me wonder when, or if, our politicians will come to their 
senses on this. Or will ADM and others continue to profit from it 
while lobbying for the subsidies to continue.

I'm in Wisconsin. Are you in Iowa? I get the impression that Iowa is 
the largest corn producing state.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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