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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 760133" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Good post. Ethanol production has improved dramatically. Increased fertilizer prices as you mention have had a positive effect in that they have made us use fertilizers more efficiently. A range of 3.50-4.00 does look like the new base corn range and that is a good thing for us as a nation. $2 is not good, and neither is $6. in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>DDG's as an ethanol byproduct have also changed the balance of ethanol and cattle. </p><p></p><p>And corn GRAIN-based ethanol leaves most of the precious organic matter we depend on in the field where it belongs. Efforts to produce ethanol by using the whole plant or other sources that remove all organic material are like shooting the cow that feeds you milk. Removing the grain only actually removes very little organic matter from the field. </p><p></p><p>And even in the worst case, ethanol is never going to create a disaster such as we have in the Gulf of Mexico. Ethanol is a human-scale known technology with very limited risks that has the potential to be further improved by technology improvements as you describe.</p><p></p><p>The idea that using corn for ethanol somehow is taking food away from any human beings argument is so full of holes that I don't even know where to begin - that is a staple of the "corn is evil, become a vegetarian and by the way mail your donation here..." crowd.</p><p></p><p>jmho. Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 760133, member: 7509"] Good post. Ethanol production has improved dramatically. Increased fertilizer prices as you mention have had a positive effect in that they have made us use fertilizers more efficiently. A range of 3.50-4.00 does look like the new base corn range and that is a good thing for us as a nation. $2 is not good, and neither is $6. in my opinion. DDG's as an ethanol byproduct have also changed the balance of ethanol and cattle. And corn GRAIN-based ethanol leaves most of the precious organic matter we depend on in the field where it belongs. Efforts to produce ethanol by using the whole plant or other sources that remove all organic material are like shooting the cow that feeds you milk. Removing the grain only actually removes very little organic matter from the field. And even in the worst case, ethanol is never going to create a disaster such as we have in the Gulf of Mexico. Ethanol is a human-scale known technology with very limited risks that has the potential to be further improved by technology improvements as you describe. The idea that using corn for ethanol somehow is taking food away from any human beings argument is so full of holes that I don't even know where to begin - that is a staple of the "corn is evil, become a vegetarian and by the way mail your donation here..." crowd. jmho. Jim [/QUOTE]
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