Interesting how it seems to be coming full circle. I notice a few letters to the editor complaining about an investigative story the AP came out with on the secret environmental cost of U. S. ethanol policy.
Why would these three good conservative republicans be writing letters to the editor complaining about bad rap on ethanol?
It must be a need to read article. QUOTE
But the ethanol era has proven far more damaging to the environment than politicians promised and much worse than the government admits today.
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The consequences are so severe that environmentalists and many scientists have now rejected corn-based ethanol as bad environmental policy.
There'a more. QUOTE
The government's predictions of the benefits have proven so inaccurate that independent scientists question whether it will ever achieve its central environmental goal: reducing greenhouse gases. That makes the hidden costs even more significant.
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"This is an ecological disaster,"
And don't forget we have the most open government ever. QUOTE
"It just caught us completely off guard," said Doug Davenport, a Department of Agriculture official who encourages southern Iowa farmers to use conservation practices on their land. Despite those efforts, Davenport said he was surprised at how much fragile, erodible land was turned into corn fields.
Shortly after Davenport spoke to The Associated Press, he got an email ordering him to stop talking.
Have you noticed how much lower in price ethanol has gotten over regular non-leaded?
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