Comments richharding1 has made

  • cane, not corn

    I believe ethanol is still an important part of the solution even if it is only a small part.  We can't continue to produce fuel from corn because corn is food, but we can still use ethanol from sugar cane, even if we have to buy it from Brazil.  In terms of geopolitics, it would be nice to have the alternative of buying our fuel from Brazil as opposed to buying it from OPEC.  At the very least, it would diversify our fuel sources and give OPEC a little competition....

    BTW, I wouldn't give up on cellulosic ethanol just yet, it's still in its infancy.

    Rich.
    On Wall Street Journal editorial mischaracterizes both my position and biofuels posted 1 year, 5 months ago 15 Responses

  • sugar cane

    I believe ethanol is still an important part of the solution even if it is only a small part.  We can't continue to produce fuel from corn because corn is food, but we can still use ethanol from sugar cane, even if we have to buy it from Brazil.  In terms of geopolitics, it would be nice to have the alternative of buying our fuel from Brazil as opposed to buying it from OPEC.  At the very least, it would diversify our fuel sources and give OPEC a little competition....

    BTW, I wouldn't give up on cellulosic ethanol just yet, it's still in its infancy.

    Rich.On New study from mainstream ag economists at Iowa State posted 1 year, 5 months ago 46 Responses