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Name:   MrHodja - Email Member
Subject:   Biden Treats Symptoms and Not Causes
Date:   4/12/2022 10:05:41 AM (updated 4/12/2022 10:06:48 AM)

So he is doing it again.  First, he goes after "ghost guns", which (if they really are, which is debatable) are a symptom of an underlying cause of the uptick in violence across the country (e.g., defund and/or lack of support for the police, prosecutors who refuse to prosecute).  Now he wants to bump up the ethanol level in gasoline as a way to reduce fuel costs to the consumer, the cause of which is his attack on fossil fuels and policies that deter exploration and production.  Is the Government still subsidizing ethanol?  If so, we the taxpayers will still end up paying, the real costs will just be hidden.

Makes one wonder: What is next?





Name:   Talullahhound - Email Member
Subject:   Biden Treats Symptoms and Not Causes
Date:   4/12/2022 10:49:44 AM

Think of the most idiotic thing you can think of and that will be his next campaign.  Think about his special interest groups. 

He's kicked the can down the road on student loan debt - so maybe he can make a big splash of forgiveness when we get closer to the elections.

He appears to be appeasing his anti-gun people with his ghost guns and "hints" that he is going to ask Congress to go after "assault weapons".  Also his base that is worried about increasess in crime.

He is blaming inflation on the war in Ukraine; also gas prices, but hey look at me!  I'm going to increase ethanol to bring down the price.  

He's giving his climate change people a Look!  I'm pushing electric cars! (this will also appease the car makers becsause if people think that electric cars are required, it will increase the demand.  

And he is still pushing sanctions on Putin, so he is "taking care of" the war in Ukraine.  

He had Obama to the WH to garner attention back on health care and their wonderful program...

The saddest thing is that a lot of the population will not see the nothingness of his moves.

 





Name:   MartiniMan - Email Member
Subject:   Biden Is The Cause
Date:   4/12/2022 11:20:57 AM

He can't very well treat himself given his diminished mental capacity.  I don't think he would know a cause if it hit him in the face.  Evidence of this is his insistence on doubling down on already failed policies.





Name:   phil - Email Member
Subject:   Biden Treats Symptoms and Not Causes
Date:   4/12/2022 1:30:59 PM

 
and when we are having food shortages - lets convert some of what food we have to fuel because Biden is a potato head moron.
 
 
How much does it cost to make ethanol?
  
  • An acre of U.S. corn yields about 7,110 pounds of corn for processing into 328 gallons of ethanol. But planting, growing and harvesting that much corn requires about 140 gallons of fossil fuels and costs $347 per acre, according to Pimentel's analysis. Thus, even before corn is converted to ethanol, the feedstock costs $1.05 per gallon of ethanol.
  • The energy economics get worse at the processing plants, where the grain is crushed and fermented. As many as three distillation steps are needed to separate the 8 percent ethanol from the 92 percent water. Additional treatment and energy are required to produce the 99.8 percent pure ethanol for mixing with gasoline. o Adding up the energy costs of corn production and its conversion to ethanol, 131,000 BTUs are needed to make 1 gallon of ethanol. One gallon of ethanol has an energy value of only 77,000 BTU. "Put another way," Pimentel says, "about 70 percent more energy is required to produce ethanol than the energy that actually is in ethanol. Every time you make 1 gallon of ethanol, there is a net energy loss of 54,000 BTU."
  • Ethanol from corn costs about $1.74 per gallon to produce, compared with about 95 cents to produce a gallon of gasoline. "That helps explain why fossil fuels -- not ethanol -- are used to produce ethanol," Pimentel says. "The growers and processors can't afford to burn ethanol to make ethanol. U.S. drivers couldn't afford it, either, if it weren't for government subsidies to artificially lower the price."
  • Most economic analyses of corn-to-ethanol production overlook the costs of environmental damages, which Pimentel says should add another 23 cents per gallon. "Corn production in the U.S. erodes soil about 12 times faster than the soil can be reformed, and irrigating corn mines groundwater 25 percent faster than the natural recharge rate of ground water. The environmental system in which corn is being produced is being rapidly degraded. Corn should not be considered a renewable resource for ethanol energy production, especially when human food is being converted into ethanol."
  • The approximately $1 billion a year in current federal and state subsidies (mainly to large corporations) for ethanol production are not the only costs to consumers, the Cornell scientist observes. Subsidized corn results in higher prices for meat, milk and eggs because about 70 percent of corn grain is fed to livestock and poultry in the United States Increasing ethanol production would further inflate corn prices, Pimentel says, noting: "In addition to paying tax dollars for ethanol subsidies, consumers would be paying significantly higher food prices in the marketplace."




Name:   wix - Email Member
Subject:   15% ethanol in boats….NO WAY
Date:   4/12/2022 2:20:31 PM

The marine industry fought and won the last battle over liberals….if you think you have water in your gas with 10%…just try 15%.





Name:   phil - Email Member
Subject:   Green energy boats
Date:   4/12/2022 2:29:27 PM

Well chances are Dementia Joe wants you to go electric - hopefully you can ski using your trolling motor - and dont forget to add those solar panels to keep it charged while you are out and about.









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