tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post5228728156849044562..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: The corn bone's connected to the milk boneBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-60377241504039069352007-05-02T22:30:00.000-04:002007-05-02T22:30:00.000-04:00I completely agree that change has unintended cons...I completely agree that change has unintended consequences and I didn't mean to indicate that I was attacking you. It seems my choice of words was pretty bad (it's not really an argument). The reasoning given by the radio personality is flawed. It's _more_ likely the cost of milk has gone up because the cost of fuel (diesel fuel to transport the milk) has gone up. <BR/><BR/>I'm not a big fan of ethanol (even though it's a boon for my state) because it's not really a solution to the fuel problem. Not the "dependence on foreign oil" fuel problem, the "we are consuming fuel at an unsustainable pace" fuel problem. I'm not suggesting we dismiss ethanol as a fuel source completely, it could be a "step" along the way. It just seems that it is being "sold" as the solution to our fuel problems.<BR/><BR/> -- Chad in SDLeMadChefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588921649280002195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-26125961612088318462007-05-02T21:58:00.000-04:002007-05-02T21:58:00.000-04:00Further clarification: I guess one of the points h...Further clarification: I guess one of the points here is that everything is connected. Changing anything changes other things, often in unanticipated ways.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-39448650977669029112007-05-02T21:56:00.000-04:002007-05-02T21:56:00.000-04:00What argument?I was just explaining why they're sa...What argument?<BR/>I was just explaining why they're saying that the milk prices are going up. I'm not saying that we shouldn't use ethanol to fuel cars. Quite the contrary — I'm fully in favour of it.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-81174361323804604132007-05-02T19:19:00.000-04:002007-05-02T19:19:00.000-04:00Posted a little soon. Check out the Wikipedia art...Posted a little soon. Check out the Wikipedia article on ethanol:<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol<BR/><BR/>Granted - there are other problems with fueling our cars with ethanol, but this particular argument is specious.<BR/><BR/>-- not really a hick from SDLeMadChefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588921649280002195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-36559346384217889292007-05-02T19:14:00.000-04:002007-05-02T19:14:00.000-04:00That's bullshit. The "waste corn" after all the s...That's bullshit. The "waste corn" after all the sugars have been wrung out of it from making ethanol make a GREAT cattle feed.<BR/><BR/>-- a hick from SDLeMadChefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588921649280002195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-53517219681532508162007-05-02T08:33:00.000-04:002007-05-02T08:33:00.000-04:00I'm sure evolution can be blamed somehow..I'm sure evolution can be blamed somehow..Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639879112148818986noreply@blogger.com