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Dumb question #27: Why don't we just make gasoline out of corn oil now?
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  -Dumb question #27: Why don't we just make gasoline out of corn oil now? bob_weaver  May-18-06 11:22 PM   #0 
  - Because big oil isn't finished ripping us off yet. (nt)  magellan   May-18-06 11:24 PM   #1 
  - Because there are more effective crops available.  evlbstrd   May-18-06 11:26 PM   #2 
  - And flax, soy, peanuts, mustard and sunflowers are better than hemp.  politicat   May-19-06 12:46 AM   #12 
  - Because more efficient fuel can be made from cane sugar  derby378   May-18-06 11:27 PM   #3 
  - I was just thinking about ...where in the US could sugar cane be grown  OmmmSweetOmmm   May-19-06 08:08 AM   #17 
     - Not yet, at least...  derby378   May-19-06 09:03 AM   #19 
     - There is a very powerful sugar lobby.  patcox2   May-19-06 11:22 AM   #22 
  - An old saying of  mykpart   May-18-06 11:30 PM   #4 
  - We do.  skids   May-18-06 11:30 PM   #5 
  - cars should chew their cud  foo_bar   May-19-06 02:24 AM   #15 
  - We need the corn for corn syrup to help speed up the diabetes pandemic.  Skink   May-18-06 11:31 PM   #6 
  - Yeah! What Skink said!  kestrel91316   May-18-06 11:43 PM   #9 
  - I know you can get plenty of gas from a Corn HOLE!  Quixote1818   May-18-06 11:36 PM   #7 
  - Dumb question for you...  bananas   May-18-06 11:36 PM   #8 
  - The inner thoughts of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Ryan  bob_weaver   May-18-06 11:45 PM   #10 
  - it's a question of volume.  cliss   May-19-06 12:40 AM   #11 
  - I think the fuel that would be expended in the process  Hardrada   May-19-06 12:49 AM   #13 
  - I saw a guy on television  Justice Is Comin   May-19-06 01:38 AM   #14 
  - 750 is NOT cheap  Clark2008   May-19-06 11:26 AM   #24 
  - You use more energy to MAKE it than you GET FROM it!  mzteris   May-19-06 07:00 AM   #16 
  - Because there are crops that are much more oil bearing  MadHound   May-19-06 08:39 AM   #18 
  - I love your post,  cliss   May-19-06 11:04 AM   #20 
  - LOL, given today's climate I'm not sure I'd want to be president  MadHound   May-19-06 11:22 AM   #21 
  - I'm happy to see people really _thinking_ about this problem...  stevietheman   May-19-06 11:48 AM   #26 
     - Yeah, I've been puzzled myself about this huge push for ethanol  MadHound   May-19-06 12:01 PM   #27 
  - Because poor people can't afford to retro-fit their cars  Clark2008   May-19-06 11:24 AM   #23 
  - If we make all the oil/gas from corn/etc and not import...we would starve  opihimoimoi   May-19-06 11:38 AM   #25 
 

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