XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.autos.tech   
   From: frankdotlogullo@comcast.net   
      
   On 6/30/2013 8:29 PM, Dean Hoffman > wrote:   
   > On 6/30/13 5:52 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:   
   >> Takes a lot of grains and starches off the market, that could have   
   >> been used for feeding animals or humans. Or making manufacturing. On   
   >> the other hand, I've heard we have plenty of oil in the ground in the   
   >> USA, and off the coast. Our fuel shortages and high prices are due to   
   >> Washington DC, not due to any real shortage. . Christopher A. Young   
   >   
   >   
   >         Conventional wisdom here in farm country is that the feed value   
   > of corn is unaffected by ethanol production.   The left over distillers   
   > grains have as much feed value as the kernel corn.   
      
   Take the fine hand of the government mandating that so much ethanol must   
   be used in fuel each year and consider that crop yields can vary   
   considerably from season to season.  In years of poor yield, this takes   
   away from the food market as ethanol is mandated and price of food goes   
   way up.  Been happening.   
      
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