Ethanol Friend or Foe

Charlie Sykes
has an article on Corn production related to
ethanol mandates. Now I am against mandates on ethanol! Why
should government mandate what gas stations should sell?
Now the ethanol industry is saying it will reduce emissions in
the atmosphere. The real reason is "Follow the money". Inflated
prices for corn is making a lot of people rich. What Idiots,
Libs and Candy's are not thinking about is not only tortillas from
Mexico but one thing leads to another!

Other unintended consequence:

higher corn prices for farmers,
higher feed prices for farmers,
higher milk prices for consumers,
higher cheese prices for consumers,
higher costs for pizza's at home and Pizza Hut,
higher feed cost for pork producers,
higher prices for breakfast bacon,
higher prices for breakfast at Perkins and McDonalds,
higher prices for Easter ham,
higher prices for ham and cheese sandwiches,
higher feed prices for turkey growers,
higher prices for turkey club sandwiches,
higher whole turkeys for Thanksgiving,
I didn't even touch this, Higher Gasoline prices!

When you go to your local Kwik Trip, B P or other
gas stations , look at the price you are paying! If ethanol
blended gas saves the environment and saves you money
at the pump, how come 10% ethanol blended gasoline is the
same price as non blended gasoline. Shouldn't it be cheaper
to buy the blended gas? Should blended gas be 5 cents a gal
cheaper?

I only ask that you think and ask questions about blended
gasoline. Call your state rep. and tell him no MANDATES
on ethanol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO MANDATES IN WISCONSIN !!!!!!!


FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2007, 11:47 a.m.
ETHANOL MANDATES = HIGHER CORN PRICES
Another unintended consequence:
Cost of Corn Soars, Forcing Mexico to Set Price Limits
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18 — Facing public outrage over the
soaring price of tortillas, President Felipe Calderón abandoned
his free-trade principles on Thursday and forced producers to
sign an agreement fixing prices for corn products.Skyrocketing
prices for corn on the world market have pushed up the price
of the humble tortilla, the mainstay of the Mexican diet, by
nearly a third in the past three weeks, to 35 cents a pound in
Mexico City and even higher in other parts of the country.
Half of the country’s 107 million people live on $4 a day or less,
and many of them survive largely on tortillas and beans. The
price increases have riled the public to such an extent that it
has created a political storm that threatens to swamp Mr. Calderón’s
fresh presidency. ...There is a continuing debate here about what
caused the price of tortillas to shoot up so quickly. Some economists
blame the increased demand for corn from ethanol plants in the
United States, and it is true corn prices in the States last week
reached their highest point in a decade, the United States Agriculture
Department said. At the same time, the cost of white corn has risen
about 13 percent here over the past year, Mexican government
figures show.