Comments on: She Blinded Ethanol With Science http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michele Whiting http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html/comment-page-1#comment-1414 Michele Whiting Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:47:00 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2439#comment-1414 Market forces drive us to renewable sources but amidst a recession it allows for the greed to win the battle raising costs of commodities to carve their own success amidst economic disarray at the hands of the regular working class. Market forces drive us to renewable sources but amidst a recession it allows for the greed to win the battle raising costs of commodities to carve their own success amidst economic disarray at the hands of the regular working class.

]]> By: Michele Whiting http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html/comment-page-1#comment-1413 Michele Whiting Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:06:12 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2439#comment-1413 Companies are out there powering their plants with garbage and we want to waste all this money to subside ethanol? Talk about a renewable energy source! Its bad enough the farm subsidies are no longer going to the family farmers its intended for but going to these big bulk farms who are double dipping getting money under the ethanol banner. I agree hydrogen cells are a course we need to be subsidizing as its a near reality in Europe. Anyone that proposes a single source for energy is a fool. The ethanol plant the built near my home smells more like Jack Daniels than a power plant and they get more product out of their corn mash! Companies are out there powering their plants with garbage and we want to waste all this money to subside ethanol? Talk about a renewable energy source! Its bad enough the farm subsidies are no longer going to the family farmers its intended for but going to these big bulk farms who are double dipping getting money under the ethanol banner.

I agree hydrogen cells are a course we need to be subsidizing as its a near reality in Europe. Anyone that proposes a single source for energy is a fool. The ethanol plant the built near my home smells more like Jack Daniels than a power plant and they get more product out of their corn mash!

]]> By: Jacob Voss http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html/comment-page-1#comment-1407 Jacob Voss Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:17:21 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2439#comment-1407 See, I believe market forces will naturally guide us to renewable energy. Already, prior to the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, Ameren was investigating renewable energy and already had a 1 percent level of renewable energy. I believe once demand for clean energy is sufficient, then supply will reflect that. And obviously, the best thing to come out of the Manhattan Project was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Manhattan#Doctor_Manhattan" rel="nofollow">Dr. Manhattan. </a> See, I believe market forces will naturally guide us to renewable energy. Already, prior to the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, Ameren was investigating renewable energy and already had a 1 percent level of renewable energy. I believe once demand for clean energy is sufficient, then supply will reflect that. And obviously, the best thing to come out of the Manhattan Project was Dr. Manhattan.

]]> By: Blue Girl http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html/comment-page-1#comment-1403 Blue Girl Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:45:14 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2439#comment-1403 Yep. There is plenty of naturally occurring renewable and clean energy out there - we just need to figure out how to harness it. I suspect we disagree on how to go about figuring that out, tho. I want to see a massive push on the scale of the Manhattan project or the moon shot. In my professional experience government funded research projects yielded better results. I don't care so much about the size of government as the quality of it. Yep. There is plenty of naturally occurring renewable and clean energy out there – we just need to figure out how to harness it. I suspect we disagree on how to go about figuring that out, tho. I want to see a massive push on the scale of the Manhattan project or the moon shot. In my professional experience government funded research projects yielded better results.

I don’t care so much about the size of government as the quality of it.

]]> By: Jacob Voss http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html/comment-page-1#comment-1401 Jacob Voss Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:16:11 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2439#comment-1401 I couldn't agree more. Throw in some wind and maybe something to do with the tides and the planet should be set. Although, as we all know, I do not believe public utilities should be forced to move to alternate energy solutions. I couldn’t agree more. Throw in some wind and maybe something to do with the tides and the planet should be set. Although, as we all know, I do not believe public utilities should be forced to move to alternate energy solutions.

]]> By: Blue Girl http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/she-blinded-ethanol-with-science.html/comment-page-1#comment-1397 Blue Girl Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:51:01 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2439#comment-1397 Great post title! But anyone who didn't get it immediately and have their morning coffee depart their nasal passages sisn't get the explanation either, I am afraid... I have been screaming for years that corn ethanol was exactly the wrong alternative energy path to pursue because corn is an environmental nightmare. (I think hydrogen fuel cells are the way to go, myself.) Great post title! But anyone who didn’t get it immediately and have their morning coffee depart their nasal passages sisn’t get the explanation either, I am afraid…

I have been screaming for years that corn ethanol was exactly the wrong alternative energy path to pursue because corn is an environmental nightmare. (I think hydrogen fuel cells are the way to go, myself.)

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