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08-13-2012, 06:59 PM
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ethanol mandate
should it be altered, considering the drought this year? prices on many things already rising dramatically because of low production. if feed prices rise, well, so will dairy, poultry, pork and beef prices-to go along with all the other produce price increases that are expected.
http://economywatch.nbcnews.com/_new...l-mandate?lite
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08-13-2012, 07:04 PM
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Congress left on vacation without doing anything about helping the farmers.
So, the President made executive decisions. A President shouldn't be doing things that Congress has the responsibility to be doing through law, although I agree with doing emergency measures necessary to help citizens immediate suffering, of course That Congress left us in the lurch, in the middle of the biggest drought in ages, and went on vacation should incite outrage at congress - which, for some reason, most Americans haven't even noticed. Well, there were good shows on TV to watch instead, I guess. It's an American voter thing - not caring about ... what you are responsible for, assuming someone else will pay attention and cover your laziness. Congress needs to be asked about waiving the ethanol mandate. It's their job. And yeah, it probably should be adjusted temporarily.
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08-15-2012, 12:46 PM
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08-15-2012, 01:08 PM
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Thanks to the ethanol mandate, more than 40 percent of the nation's corn crop now goes into the production of a useless fuel that hardly anyone would buy if the government didn't require it. That's up from just 17 percent in 2005, before the mandate went into effect. Only 36 percent of the corn crop now goes for feed, and 24 percent goes for food.
yeah, there are so many things wrong with the ethanol mandate. the stuff ruins many a boat motor for instance. if you don't use it quickly the fuels separate, it causes nothing but trouble. and stabil doesn't help. so all you can do is do your best to find ethanol free gas, or get very little and use it very quickly. so, just think about your vehicles. anyone have a car they don't use much? ya better look out if it sits long, and it has ethanol in the fuel. another issue-we're taking food, and turning it into non-food, when we have plenty of other stuff that people don't eat that can be used as fuel. and with the current situations, it makes absolutely no sense at all to push a food source into fuel, considering how severely the corn crop has been affected.
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08-15-2012, 01:10 PM
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Along with everything else this administration does because they feel like it. This one makes sense though and they have a scapegoat to boot. Easier to blame Congress than actually do the correct thing. "Last week, Obama said he wants to do for other industries what he did for General Motors. If by this he meant waste taxpayers' money to preserve a lousy status quo, then bravo and mission accomplished." Good stuff right there.
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