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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 01:01 AM

52. Ethanol

Ethanol will save us... And ruin out fuel.

Switch to diesel like Europe and quit this corn crap. More corn more supply, less ethanol more corn.

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88 replies	Author	Time	Post
Terrifying Corn Supply/Demand Situation Unfolding [View all]	FarCenter	Aug 2012	OP
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Aug 2012	#1
funny, we feed all that fiber to animals,	veganlush	Aug 2012	#2
eating less meat would definitely help a lot of issues	NoMoreWarNow	Aug 2012	#4
You are right.	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#16
Food, Inc.	chervilant	Aug 2012	#20
I've gone mostly vegetarian (I still eat local seafood)	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#63
Then where will people get their protein? Beans?	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#17
Get a steam cooker and cook up a cup of rice and beans and voila ....	MindMover	Aug 2012	#49
I'll be healthier but also miserable. Beans make me gag.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#50
I buy a digestive aid without pancreatin and solves all gas issues related to eating	MindMover	Aug 2012	#51
Any natural digestive aid suggestions?	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#53
Grapefruit extract and if 10 drops mixed with your orange juice	MindMover	Aug 2012	#57
Lots of calories. That's for sure.	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#55
Vegetarianism will make farm animals extinct.	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#22
"those animals have a niche and are doing so much better than most wild animals"	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#32
Yes, I'm referring only to their numbers.	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#36
Overpopulation - a topic that riles many, even on DU.	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#44
" So far we've been poor at rescuing and maintaining endangered species."	Ghost in the Machine	Aug 2012	#78
So, what's the percentage?	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#85
*****	NCarolinawoman	Aug 2012	#81
Well, that's good as I am a vegetarian,	RebelOne	Aug 2012	#38
You don't understand.	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#48
That's silly	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#66
Didn't I say they couldn't be . . .	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#74
Cows and goats = dairy	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#79
But if the reason for avoiding slaughter . . .	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#83
You would still have to feed the cows -- and corn is not their natural	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#56
I'd be willing to bet an awful lot that what you just predicted will never happen.	1-Old-Man	Aug 2012	#62
Okay, over what period of time?	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#75
Not the ones for dairy and eggs	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#64
Depends on if people go vegan.	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#76
I doubt the world would ever go vegan	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#80
Humankind might not have a choice. nt	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#84
We have screwed up the cycle.	FedUpWithIt All	Aug 2012	#39
I am a big fan of grassfed, free rage animals	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#67
because I love the look on my daughter's face	snooper2	Aug 2012	#65
i raised both of my kids	veganlush	Aug 2012	#86
you can be almost certain	veganlush	Aug 2012	#87
This is bad news	lunatica	Aug 2012	#3
I always felt it was obscene to turn food into fuel	Fresh_Start	Aug 2012	#5
I agree. It takes way too much energy in the form of fossil fuels to produce and land to	RC	Aug 2012	#14
Something to help put those yield numbers in perspective...	HereSince1628	Aug 2012	#6
We'll have a per acre yield around that from '65-'70.	amandabeech	Aug 2012	#70
My renters corn looks about that poor, but the soy is making a good recovery...	HereSince1628	Aug 2012	#82
That's great.	amandabeech	Aug 2012	#88
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. nt	bemildred	Aug 2012	#7
Ya think "terrifying" might be a little strong, here?	pnwest	Aug 2012	#8
Yeah, say that 6 months from now when you look at your grocery bill.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#18
"Terrifying" is a sensationalist buzz-word.	Dash87	Aug 2012	#21
It is scary for people who live week to week and are just getting by	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#68
The article calls for problems with a 120 bushels per acre corn crop.	wilsonbooks	Aug 2012	#9
This article was written before this years drought. Farmers are further reducing their herds	wilsonbooks	Aug 2012	#10
Maybe it will make HFCS more expensive than actual sugar.	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#11
That's what I am hoping.	GoCubsGo	Aug 2012	#15
Funny... I'm not against HFCS, but I think our goals might have converged...	6502	Aug 2012	#27
It would take a lot to do that	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#73
Let's not fool ourselves. They'll happily raise gas prices, too. nt	DCKit	Aug 2012	#12
We could always cut consumption by...	Oilwellian	Aug 2012	#13
The corn they are talking about is NOT sweet corn.	Thor_MN	Aug 2012	#24
You're forgetting anything made with corn flour is made with field corn.	sybylla	Aug 2012	#28
You can do the same thing with hemp, and it grows in a hurry!	MADem	Aug 2012	#60
Some types of field corn can be consumed by humans.	amandabeech	Aug 2012	#71
re:Terrifying Corn Supply/Demand	allan01	Aug 2012	#19
I do what I have to do.	safeinOhio	Aug 2012	#23
Curiously, sweet corn is doing extremely well. Feed corn is not. Go figure.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#25
That probably has to do with the timing of the drought.	sybylla	Aug 2012	#29
The rule is "knee high by the 4th of July". They planted in March and are already harvesting.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#47
At least part of the solution	fredamae	Aug 2012	#26
Industrial Hemp!!! Can't be emphasized enough...	drokhole	Aug 2012	#30
+1	nc4bo	Aug 2012	#31
Well, Then that's a good thing-that means	fredamae	Aug 2012	#34
Big Anything purpo$ely mi$$e$ the boat.	nc4bo	Aug 2012	#41
+2	shanti	Aug 2012	#33
At some point we'll be forced into doing a lot of things we don't do but should.	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#35
+2	GreenPartyVoter	Aug 2012	#77
I wish I could rec your post	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#69
Is this cat litter made from edible corn?	johnd83	Aug 2012	#37
Edible by animals, if not by humans.	FarCenter	Aug 2012	#40
Why does that make you "really angry"? It's totally biodegradable and safe.	Poll_Blind	Aug 2012	#59
I've only seen litter made from corn cobs.	redqueen	Aug 2012	#61
Prices may go up but demand will go down down down	just1voice	Aug 2012	#42
China Buys Almost 1 Million Tons of U.S. Corn,	lovuian	Aug 2012	#43
Well if you Latte Libruls would stop eating all those	own your story	Aug 2012	#45
We should not be making ethanol from corn in the first place.	D23MIURG23	Aug 2012	#46
Ethanol	DDO16kadams	Aug 2012	#52
maybe it is DUs fault	Enrique	Aug 2012	#54
Will probably happen soon.	Amonester	Aug 2012	#58
I'm not thrilled by the circumstances but if the silver lining is that we get rid of bio-ethanol	4th law of robotics	Aug 2012	#72

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