Why does the United States want to use ethanol as a fuel source?
Since ethanol is made out of corn, primarily in this nation. This then leads our fuel source to be in danger of drought and other natural and unnatural disasters. There is no evidence that alcohol burning is cleaner or better for our enviroment.
Ethonal is a worthless solution. It cost more and takes more energy to create than gives out. Politicians love it, because they can buy the farm vote and the greenies are to stupid to understand economics.
Gosh, your question is pointless and inane for sooo many reasons. Hey I know, what the hell, you’re right lets keep using oil, or better yet whale oil.
The oil industry can still profit if we use ethanol. And it’s the worst alternative fuel idea out there. Sacrificing land we use to grow food to fuel our cars instead is dumb. Ethanol is a thermo-dynamic energy loser (It takes more energy to produce than what it returns).
Ethanol, will not be a substitute for oil, there is not enough of it, and it doesn’t matter what you use in an internal combustion engine the end result is carbon monoxide polution.
For two major reasons.
1. Like you said, it comes from corn which is mostly grown in this country. It takes the power out of the hands of oil producing nations who we can’t count on to have our best interests at heart. I would rather my money go to Thomas Rollins of A$$-end Iowa than some Saudi oil Sheik.
2. It’s renewable. We will never run out of corn. Don’t have enough? Grow more. It’s that simple.
The idea of droughts and natural disasters is pretty humorous. If food production in this country is that fickle, why aren’t people starving every few years? I have lived in Indiana for years, and our corn harvests are always growing in output. Corn is not as easy to kill off as warm weather crops like oranges and other fruits, which even a late frost can kill off. Besides, this is only a stop-gap to keep us off of oil as much as possible until hydrogen or another power source is figured out.
Ethanol is more expensive than normal gasoline. Ethanol doesn’t burn as well as gasoline. So it is more costly to use it and it is less effective as a fuel.
Why use it?
Two answers:
1. Archer Daniels Middlen (sp?) has bribed hundreds of our political leaders and has gotten billions of dollars in return. ADM is the leader in ethanol production. and without the subsidies they loose big time. So American Taxpayers fund ADMs bottom line and ADM funds our political leaders.
2. Greens just can’t understand why Americans will not stop using gasoline. So they want to force a change. This is Ecology by force rather than by reason. By forcing Americans to use ethanol and they are one step closer to killing gasoline. To a Green logic is not material. The ‘oil-free’ goal is more important than the facts. It’s a fact, ethanol use is more destructive to the ecology than is gasoline. Do they get it? That will never happen.
“There is no evidence that alcohol burning is cleaner or better for our enviroment.”
Think again Bucky, try taking a one gallon bucket of alcohol and setting it aflame then take a one gallon bucket of gas and setting it aflame. You’ll see black smoke coming off the gas but the alcohol will have little to no smoke.
You are dead wrong on this one Bucky. I’ve burned enough of both to know what I’m talking about.