The Fallacy of Ethanol

In an earlier post, I pointed out that the cost to produce ethanol is greater than the value it produces. I also pointed out that by using a basic food (corn) to produce ethanol, we would pay a very dear price.

Now, even though a very small amount of ethanol is being produced, the shortage of corn has raised the price of nearly everything attached to it. Milk is up 35% in the last year, because what little corn is available for feed is now more expensive. Cheese is up almost 70%, and even ice cream is going through the roof. And don't forget that pizza - the higher cost of cheese is raising the price of that favorite food.

Everywhere you look, prices are going through the roof, with increases that are unheard of. Last week I paid $3.69 a gallon for milk. Three days later that same gallon was $3.99, and today it is $4.69. And it is all because we are foolish enough to use a valuable food to produce energy that is neither cheap nor efficient. We use more fossil fuel to produce ethanol than we receive from ethanol in energy. That is just plain stupid! And to do it at the expense of the most basic food is beyond stupid - it is criminal.

That's the trouble with eco-liberals - they rush into something without even looking to see what the consequences will be.

Well, the consequences of using corn to produce ethanol is a food shortage, a money shortage, and we still have the same dependence upon fossil fuels, because what the eco-liberals don't tell you is that the production of ethanol requires the use of more fossil fuel - 1.5 gallons of fossil fuel is needed to produce 1 gallon of ethanol.

Dumb!