True, now when will the politicians admit it?
They mandated 20% Ethanol gasoline in neighboring Minnesota by 2013.
I wonder if they will change the law in light of the current science.:roll:
Doug, that is one perspective, and one I happen to agree with, the amount of energy it takes to turn corn into methanol makes it unrealistic as a fuel for regular gas burning engines (the diesel issue is different)
Regards
Gerry
Michael, why is that? the oil producing countires are not producing less oil, the spot price of oil is based on supply side economics is it not. The plain fact is that the current biggest influence on American gas prices is a weak dollar.
Even if we produced enough gas out of the gulf/alaska to sustain US needs the price would not drop, real economics dictates that it would be sold to the highest bidder which would not be the US given the current exchange rates.
Regards
Gerry
The really ugly little secret is the lion’s share of what you pay for gasoline at the pump is taxes or one kind or another. I was looking into some energy ventures a few months back and one figure I kept seeing was the oil companies take on a gallon of gas was around 51 cents. The owner of the store or gas station was only 3-4 cents on the gallon and the rest was Federal, State, County and City taxes. Kind of like the take on cigarettes. The politicians make the tobacco producers and oil companies and other big industry out to be the boogy man when it is them all along with their grubby little hands in our pockets. As what someone sent me today. If the Dems and Repub are both against deficits, how come we still got one? Just go down the list of all the things they keep telling us out here in the real world what they are against and are going to correct but never do. Time to clean house right down to the janitors and start over with people who can get things done. I hate politicians.
Gerry, While the crumbling US dollar is part of the reason for the rise in prices at the pump(oil is traded in US dollars), I haven’t given up on supply/demand economics. Demand is increasing so if supply stay constant prices will rise. We can’t make OPEC pump more oil to increase supply so they are hanging us out to dry.
IMHO if the US made a commitment to increasing it’s native supply it would send a strong signal to the markets and prices would fall. There is a lot of speculation gong on no as well and it’s the traders that are profiting along with the oil producers.
AAAHHHH!!! The free market…gotta love it.
What do you prefer?
A managed economy and 5 year plans?:roll:
Let’s hear your ideas for a better system.:shock:
No, Michael…I like it! Been in the private sector and open marketplace for well over 1/2 of my working life. It’s just that people love it when it works for them and then bitch, bitch, bitch and blame the gov’t when it goes against them.
I would like to see better antitrust and anti-competition laws with real prison sentences. Longer sentences and restitution for white collar crime. Huge sentences for defrauding /overbilling gov’t (that’s our money), bribes, etc.
Sorry Brian, I thought you were being sarcastic. My bad.
Government causes far more problems than it solves IMHO.
To many people look at government as a sugar Daddy with deep pokets. Trouble is those deep pockets are always someone else’s.:roll:
Brian, your missing Michaels point, he supports a free market, just so long as it works to his model
Regards
Gerry
There’s another?
Several I’m told
but I still think mine is the best
Regards
Gerry
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Ivan…this might help:
http://www.outdoorwoodfurnaces.org/ or this,
http://www.heatinnovations.com/od-boiler.htm or this,
http://www.outdoorfurnacefacts.com/wood-corn-heating-facts/myths-vs-facts/index.html or this,
Need more?