Not yet...but I have my fingers crossed. Ethanol (from corn) is an economic and environmental disaster....except for "Big Ag".
Soon to join the HUGE list of federal pork projects to be discontinued once they proved to be federal pork projects?
Not yet...but I have my fingers crossed. Ethanol (from corn) is an economic and environmental disaster....except for "Big Ag".
Unfortunately big corp ag, by burning our food and feed, has not lowered the cost of transportation, has caused food and meat prices to skyrocket, while at the same time driving many mom and pop farms farms and ranches out of business. Progress is good, but it can also hurt.
The ethanol program for fuel was never about progress.
I didn't say that. It's an idea and practice that goes way back to the mid 1850's that has, and will have it's place as a fuel additive/alternative.
Saying that, it is also a political and financial football as well, and definitely factors into big oil and Wall Street.
Perhaps I am wrong about my conclusions but, it is my understanding that methanol is FAR superior in every way to ethanol but lacks the control mechanism corn provides in terms of price manipulation. As I understand it, ethanol, in every way, is a regressive choice. Your post suggested ethanol represented progress. That is simply not how I understand ethanol as a fuel.