troj84
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You sure it's the ethanol causing your high food prices, and not the exponential increase in the cost of diesel fuel to harvest the crops and ship the food to the store, the increased price of fertilizer to grow the crops, or anything like that? That horse has been beat to death. Truth is, very little of your increased costs at the grocery store are because of ethanol.
Its not the price of corn that drives food prices up. Its now everyone and I mean everyone is growing corn to make ethanol. Hell, Ive got a giant ethanol plant going up less than 40 miles sway. No one grows wheat anymore around here or other items and Im sure other places. That drives it up. Wheat is in just about everything. People who never grew anything are growing corn. Hell, Id grow it also, if I had more than a postage stamp for a lawn for whatever rediculous amount a bushel is going for. And yes, I know its not the corn you eat. The point is two fold. Its not cheap enough to make it worth my while. The decrease in emissions, well not many people give a crap about it ( I work in the environmental field). And I live in one of the five largest cities in ohio and there are 3 locations to buy ethanol, and they dot the city to the south & north. I would have a 10 mile trip to get E85. And lastly, using something that costs me more money to use does not make good economic sense.
Its not the price of corn that drives food prices up. Its now everyone and I mean everyone is growing corn to make ethanol. Hell, Ive got a giant ethanol plant going up less than 40 miles sway. No one grows wheat anymore around here or other items and Im sure other places. That drives it up. Wheat is in just about everything. People who never grew anything are growing corn. Hell, Id grow it also, if I had more than a postage stamp for a lawn for whatever rediculous amount a bushel is going for. And yes, I know its not the corn you eat. The point is two fold. Its not cheap enough to make it worth my while. The decrease in emissions, well not many people give a crap about it ( I work in the environmental field). And I live in one of the five largest cities in ohio and there are 3 locations to buy ethanol, and they dot the city to the south & north. I would have a 10 mile trip to get E85. And lastly, using something that costs me more money to use does not make good economic sense.