Comments on: Ethanol Industry Doesn’t Need Salesmen, It Just Uses the Government http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/ethanol-industry-doesnt-need.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 06:15:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christine Harbin http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/ethanol-industry-doesnt-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-3654 Christine Harbin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:39:56 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=7212#comment-3654 I think that people are more sensitive to the price of their fuel than to its source. I think that this relates to Sarah's recent post about eating locally. Placing stickers on gas pumps is effectively the same as asking, "Do you know your farmer?" If it weren't for corn subsidies, buying E-85 would be the equivalent of shopping at pricey farmers’ markets. http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/the-rest-of-us-are-supposed.html I think that people are more sensitive to the price of their fuel than to its source.

I think that this relates to Sarah’s recent post about eating locally. Placing stickers on gas pumps is effectively the same as asking, “Do you know your farmer?” If it weren’t for corn subsidies, buying E-85 would be the equivalent of shopping at pricey farmers’ markets.

http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/the-rest-of-us-are-supposed.html

]]> By: Audrey http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/ethanol-industry-doesnt-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-3653 Audrey Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=7212#comment-3653 Another reason for the lower prices: you get a lower mileage bang for your corn gallon. Another reason for the lower prices: you get a lower mileage bang for your corn gallon.

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