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Date: 30 Mar 2006 03:23:37 GMT
From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net>
Subject: Re: Ethanol ?


On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:39:26 +0000 (UTC), Craig's Saab C900 Site <c900nospam.apana.org.au> wrote: > Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> writes: > >>> To be honest, making grain alcohol from corn isn't the most efficient >>> system possible. > >>Could be, but if the economics indicate a different crop, then supply >>and demand will work out the imbalances. Lots of idle farmland in the >>US, with people getting paid around 75 dollars per acre per year not to >>farm it. > > Not surprising when, like here in Australia, a lot of farmers cannot make > enough money to keep a sustainable farm business going. So US$0.75 per acre > is probably not a bad return by comparison. It's $75.00, not $0.75 though. On a good year I could rent the land out for 60 cents an acre, so I'm ahead by keeping it in "land bank". > And if the land is idle, it could be doing something useful like natural > vegitation regeneration, but I'm betting that doesn't happen most of the > time. Actually, I'd be happy to take that bet. Most folks like me who get paid not to farm, have a long-term but not harvested crop growing while being paid not to produce grain. My crop of choice is walnut, maple, and oak. Some guys go for gensing but it's more work and time than I'm willing to invest. >>> And also... Saab went to GM do Brasil to investigate what they do >>> making the cars run on pure ethanol. So GM isn't all that bad ;> > >>Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while. > > 8-) A stuck blind pig at that! How many ways can we describe our disdain for said pig? No matter how many, in my opinion, it's not enough.

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