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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (63309)	4/25/2006 1:39:24 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 206325

Growing corn to generate ethanol doesn't even make sense. What do you need to grow corn, or any other major crop for that matter? Fertilizer. And what is needed in abundance to make fertilizer? Natural Gas. You also need a lot of energy to make the ethanol from the corn. This ethanol push really ticks me off for it's stupidity. Congress has outdone itself this time.

To: CommanderCricket who wrote (63309)	4/25/2006 2:23:46 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206325

I have written the head of the GOP and have told them this is completely shameless. I am totally disgusted with any politician that even tries to say H2 or Ethanol are answers is a fraud - including all the Republicans I have voted for. I expect stupidity from liberals - I now know a politician is a politician is a politician. Basically interested in reelection only. Bob

To: CommanderCricket who wrote (63309)	4/25/2006 5:45:57 PM
From: ChanceIs	Respond to of 206325

>>>the growing of corn leads to the depletion of soil like no other common crop. .... I have no words to adequately express how reprehensible I find this.<<< Kudos good sir, on both accounts. Pimentel up at Cornell has long been against ethanol, and espouses that massive corn growing will wipe out the soil: Most economic analyses of corn-to-ethanol production overlook the costs of environmental damages, which Pimentel says should add another 23 cents per gallon. "Corn production in the U.S. erodes soil about 12 times faster than the soil can be reformed, and irrigating corn mines groundwater 25 percent faster than the natural recharge rate of ground water. The environmental system in which corn is being produced is being rapidly degraded. Corn should not be considered a renewable resource for ethanol energy production, especially when human food is being converted into ethanol". healthandenergy.com