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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: tom pope who wrote (27166)11/16/2003 6:05:13 PM
From: Mark Adams   of 206085
 
re One aspect of the energy bill: ethanol

There has been lots of talk about Ethanol being net negative in terms of energy efficiency. I haven't studied the ethanol lobbie's perspective, but it appears quite a bit more than just corn (requiring a high fertilizer input) can be used as an input to Ethanol production.

For example, below is a link which talks about potatoe waste (ie peels) and wood waste as inputs, supplemented with a bit of corn, of course.

Potato and Wood Wastes Could Feed an Ethanol Plant
westbioenergy.org

I also have to wonder about the proposed impact on US producers. Brazil produces a lot of ethanol, and could import to the US.

Then there is a link to US Sugar Price Supports. In the US, Sugar prices are higher than elsewhere, encouraging Candy mfgs to offshore production. Apparently, Brazil converts a lot of their sugar into ethanol. Higher domestic prices for Sugar resulting from price supports would discourage domestic conversion into ethanol.

Any comments/arguments/complaints welcome.

{edit}

Currently, 40 countries are allowed to send 1.5 million tons of sugar to the United States each year. Any imported sugar beyond that amount is subject to a 16-cent per-pound tariff, which keeps the price of sugar at a rate where domestic farmers can support their farms.

Support the domestic farms, lose the Candymaker jobs, and import the ethanol. Hmm...

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