Below is a quote from the head of the Agriculture Department. I cross out some of his words and insert my own in parenthesis to show this policy can work just as well in the inverse.
Vilsack Makes the Case for Renewable Energy
"When we get to 36
billion gallons (of ethanol), that's going to be mean that we will be importing exporting fewer barrels
bushels of oil corn ," says Vilsack. "That means that the wealth that we are currently
transferring into from those countries that don't necessarily agree with us and are
from an unstable part of the world are our friends/allies/customers can cannot be redirected into creating rural
opportunities and jobs."
It is all perspective....
Kudos, Mr. Hayward, on showing this massive fraud perpetrated on Americans -- ETHANOL. And to think on a per-unit basis, ethanol has 2/3 the energy of gasoline...results in LOWER gas mileage...an American Tragedy caused by the parties you mention. Again, kudos. Your students are lucky indeed.
ReplyDeleteAnon---this is a perplexing issue and I use it in class as an example of a policy that gets implemented at the Federal level and is virtually impossible to slow down, much less eliminate. Even though it is denounced by those on the Left AND Right (common ground---who would have thought?) because the benefits are concentrated and the cost dispersed it is difficult to change. Students always respond "that is not right!"...Exactly, even high school students get it. :)
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