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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (74842)	7/31/2006 6:41:38 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362052

some of the wind may come out of the ethanol sails Report from corn country today: It's 102 degrees, the wind is 23 mph, the sun is shining, the corn is drying up, water resources are being depleted trying to keep it alive, rainfall is five inches below normal so far this year, and the farmers are facing serious economic issues because of the price of fuel in addition to the drought. Even the irrigators don't want to pay for the diesel to run their pumps. If all of the resources being spent on ethanol could be used on wind generation, we'd be far ahead of where we are today. It's free, clean, renewable, and nonpolluting. One more reason that I can think of that I don't think has been mentioned concerning "why ethanol is wrong" is (and it sort of fits into the category of lost time) is this: I feel one of our top priorities this country is faced with concerning PO is the need to restructure our farms. Ethanol has taken us only farther down the road to nonpracticality, nonsustainability, corporate sized megafarms, and megasized farm equipment, and loss of ability to actually feed ourselves. Kalpa on Monday July 31, 2006 at 6:10 PM EST theoildrum.com

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (74842)	7/31/2006 6:49:14 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362052

some of the wind may come out of the ethanol sails Report from corn country today: It's 102 degrees, the wind is 23 mph, the sun is shining, the corn is drying up, water resources are being depleted trying to keep it alive, rainfall is five inches below normal so far this year, and the farmers are facing serious economic issues because of the price of fuel in addition to the drought. Even the irrigators don't want to pay for the diesel to run their pumps. If all of the resources being spent on ethanol could be used on wind generation, we'd be far ahead of where we are today. It's free, clean, renewable, and nonpolluting. One more reason that I can think of that I don't think has been mentioned concerning "why ethanol is wrong" is (and it sort of fits into the category of lost time) is this: I feel one of our top priorities this country is faced with concerning PO is the need to restructure our farms. Ethanol has taken us only farther down the road to nonpracticality, nonsustainability, corporate sized megafarms, and megasized farm equipment, and loss of ability to actually feed ourselves. Kalpa on Monday July 31, 2006 at 6:10 PM EST theoildrum.com