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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:15 AM Original message |
Corn as fuel |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's inefficient |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Gasoline also goes unburned thats why the government came out with |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. and... |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Good lobbyists. High fructose corn syrup is in almost everything. |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Again repuke thinking at its best. If corn was used as fuel there goes oil |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Corn is a good alternative? |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. president bush says |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ahhh...the dangers of.... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Limited amount of viable fields and I don't mind eating some either. |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hemp as fuel. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. but what about ethanol for gas engines...? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. algae is better. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. true but what about ethanol for gas engines? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. not as far as i know- |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. I don't think so... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. Well, that and the net energy loss. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Link, please. n/t |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. To what? n/t |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Forgive me. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 07:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. First off, "no" is not good debating technique. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I'm sorry, I didn't know we were debating. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Anybody who uses the Cornell study is incorrect. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. That report was refuted long ago. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Not the whole problem. Guess what's used to plant the seeds then harvest? |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You mean ethanol from CORN is anything but a long-term solution |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. All of the above |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. There are many energy crops much better than corn. |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well-that was Elvis Presley's last thought. |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Biodeisel is better |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. I run bio in my car |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. alcohol is dry so it makes an engine wear much faster |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. not really true |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. Corn =Corn Lobby..... Last night Bill Maher said that sugar cane |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 08:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. How many places in the U.S. can grow sugar cane though? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. FL,,LA, TX -- way south coast. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. The main problem with corn... |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. Some Dem on radio said switchgrass has twice the energy density as corn |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
37. Corn Ethanol just plain sucks |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
38. Didn't the earliest cars run on moonshine? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No |
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