Comments on: Presidential Candidates Back Ethanol http://priceofoil.org/2006/08/30/presidential-candidates-back-ethanol/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mr. Francis Howard http://priceofoil.org/2006/08/30/presidential-candidates-back-ethanol/#comment-1566 Mr. Francis Howard Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:02:18 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2006/08/30/presidential-candidates-back-ethanol/#comment-1566 Burning up food supplies is a stupid idea. I drive an electric car. No dealer can sell you one and no gas station can charge the batteries. GM isn't going to stop pushing gas hogs on us. They must be forced to stop it and build electric cars. Burning up food supplies is a stupid idea. I drive an electric car. No dealer can sell you one and no gas station can charge the batteries. GM isn’t going to stop pushing gas hogs on us. They must be forced to stop it and build electric cars.

]]> By: Halcyon http://priceofoil.org/2006/08/30/presidential-candidates-back-ethanol/#comment-1554 Halcyon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:27:40 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2006/08/30/presidential-candidates-back-ethanol/#comment-1554 There seems to be a huge disconnect from reality here. There is a major drought on the Great Plains, and the corn harvest this year is a disaster. Climate change will not be mitigating this trend. The Oglala Aquifer is estimated to be about 20 years from total depletion at the current rate of pumping. How can anyone seriously propose corn-based ethanol as an energy policy, regardless of one's conclusion about EROEI? Drought: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/18/18530/9407 NYT article on 8/29: 'Blistering Drought Ravages Farmland on Plains' Oglala Aquifer: http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/6worllarg2.html There seems to be a huge disconnect from reality here. There is a major drought on the Great Plains, and the corn harvest this year is a disaster. Climate change will not be mitigating this trend. The Oglala Aquifer is estimated to be about 20 years from total depletion at the current rate of pumping. How can anyone seriously propose corn-based ethanol as an energy policy, regardless of one’s conclusion about EROEI?

Drought: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/18/18530/9407
NYT article on 8/29: ‘Blistering Drought Ravages Farmland on Plains’
Oglala Aquifer: http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/6worllarg2.html

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