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Non-Tech : $2 or higher gas - Can ethanol make a comeback? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: robert b furman who wrote (2674)	4/16/2008 9:32:07 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2801

The tarriffs on imported ethanol should come off yesterday - we are a free market economy and that is in contrast to our claim. Well.. as I understand it, we put a .54/gallon tariff on imported ethanol, while offering .51/gal subsidy for production of it. That's a 1.05/gal in effective subsidization.. And we've mandated 9 Billion gallons of production by The result is a massive dis-articulation of the agricultural commodities markets as land use is diverted from wheat and other grains and put into corn production.. That's what disturbs me.. Hawk (disclosure: Big supporter of algae based Bio-Diesel).