<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Grist interviews Vilsack; Vilsack quits presidential race]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Ron Steenblik http://www.grist.org/article/grist-interviews-vilsack-vilsack-quits-presidential-race/ Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:57:12 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/grist-interviews-vilsack-vilsack-quits-presidential-race/1 Thanks for that little detail

In a previous comment, I guessed that Mr. Vilsack's proposed 25-cent-per-gallon credit for the production of ethanol from cellular fiber would be on top of the current 51-cent-per-gallon blender credit. That little detail was not provided in the 2-page flier setting out his energy plan.

Seeing that surmise confirmed, I suggest people look back at my earlier calculation. To meet his target of 60 billions a year of ethanol by 2030 would cost the U.S. federal tax payer (i.e., not counting subsidies provided by individual states), $380,000 million ($380 billion) between now and 2030. By the end of that period, the subsidy would be running at $42 billion a year. Forty-two million a year not for research or for effecting permanent change in the structure of the nation's transport system, but to for a consumable item.

Surely there are more cost-effective ways of meeting the dual goals of reducing dependence on oil and reducing emissions of CO2.

]]> Thanks for that little detail

In a previous comment, I guessed that Mr. Vilsack's proposed 25-cent-per-gallon credit for the production of ethanol from cellular fiber would be on top of the current 51-cent-per-gallon blender credit. That little detail was not provided in the 2-page flier setting out his energy plan.

Seeing that surmise confirmed, I suggest people look back at my earlier calculation. To meet his target of 60 billions a year of ethanol by 2030 would cost the U.S. federal tax payer (i.e., not counting subsidies provided by individual states), $380,000 million ($380 billion) between now and 2030. By the end of that period, the subsidy would be running at $42 billion a year. Forty-two million a year not for research or for effecting permanent change in the structure of the nation's transport system, but to for a consumable item.

Surely there are more cost-effective ways of meeting the dual goals of reducing dependence on oil and reducing emissions of CO2.

]]> Comment #2 by Ron Steenblik http://www.grist.org/article/grist-interviews-vilsack-vilsack-quits-presidential-race/ Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:58:43 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/grist-interviews-vilsack-vilsack-quits-presidential-race/2 Correction

Obviously I meant "Forty-two billion a year ... "

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Obviously I meant "Forty-two billion a year ... "

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