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Originally Posted by DngrMse
You need to put down the kool-aid, and take a step back. Growing corn for ethanol is not a solution to oil. It takes almost as much energy to produce ethanol, as you get from the ethanol...about 1.3 to 1, (compared to fossil fuels that can have ratios of up to 20 to 1). We don't have enough land to grow that much corn, ethanol is only marginally viable now because of government subsidies, (approx $1.38 per gallon), and ADM is the main beneficiary....pulling in nearly 6 billion dollars per year to fund this nonsense.
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I have heard this before. Yet, can we believe it? How much did it cost us for the Valdez oil spill? 240,000 barrels of oil lost in the sea and along the coast. 18 years later, animals still showing signs of damage. Over 4 billion in fines.
How many other ships have had spills? How many wars for oil? How much damage has oil done to our world? Our forest? Its mind boggling.
Oil is a wonderful resource, however, as the world grows, billions of cars,trucks,planes, will soon fill the earth. Our earth cannot handle the fumes, and the damage. Not to mention, oil is not unlimited. As the world grows, so will the price.
We need to desperately get away from gas and oil. We have the technology. Matter of fact a man in California is the first to make a car that runs on I think water. Its time to make the change.
I have read your response on solar, again, this figure of $60,000 or more is pretty high, unless you live in a huge house. You would be very surprised how much these little guys produce electricity. Not to mention, the Federal Government pays so much to wards the purchase and installation of alternative fuels. And, if everyone either purchased solar or wind power, the price would drop. Also, we would be using a resource that is free, unlimited.
Think of the massive increase in jobs, and manufacturing if Congress made it mandatory that all homes, businesses be fitted with solar or wind? Think of the boom!!!
