XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.autos.tech   
   From: "dh0496"@win*&dstr$%eam.net   
      
   On 6/30/13 7:49 PM, Frank wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
      
        As much of the crop goes into booze as into cereal:   
      http://tinyurl.com/l2czsbk   
       There are more charts like this floating around the web if you're   
   interested.   http://tinyurl.com/mh89aa4   
     The raw material cost of the food is overshadowed by the retailing   
   costs much of the time.   
      
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