EIA ANALYSIS AFFIRMS THAT RENEWABLE FUELS STANDARD HAS VIRTUALLY NO IMPACT ON GAS PRICES Latest Report Contradicts Misstatements Made During Last Weekâs Senate Debate April 17, 2002 http://www.ethanolrfa.org/pr020417.html
ETHANOL INDUSTRY PRAISES BUSH COMMENTS ON ETHANOL, RENEWABLE FUELS STANDARD April 24, 2002 http://www.ethanolrfa.org/pr020424.html REVISED DATA SHOWS U.S. ETHANOL INDUSTRY SET MONTHLY PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH Over 129,000 Barrels per Day of Ethanol Produced in March April 22, 2002 http://www.ethanolrfa.org/pr020422.html [ Their a 3 minute read each ] Take the quiz at http://www.ethanolrfa.org > I'm no friend of ADM. however, The alternative is OPEC. long live the > alternative fuel subsidies. it's just leveling the playing field. > > Steve Spence > Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: > http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm > > Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ > Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - > http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Shuey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 8:38 PM > Subject: RE: [biofuel] Digest Number 945 > > > > > http://home.netscape.com/ex/shak/autos/specials/Ethanol1.html > > > > > > È Feature Article Sunday - May 12, 2002 > > > > The Ethanol Subsidy: Your Tax Dollars at Work > > Using the shibboleth of promoting "renewable" energy sources, Senate > > Majority Leader Tom Daschle and other Democratic bigwigs are about to dole > > out yet more corporate welfare to the ethanol lobby - most notably the giant > > agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland. > > > > Ethanol is an alcohol fuel (and motor-fuel additive) derived from corn; thus > > it is touted as a way to help end America's dependence upon Middle Eastern > > oil, as well as a means of helping the environment. But ethanol is no > > environmental panacea; nor is it energy-efficient. Far from it. Producing > > ethanol is costly and complex, and uses up more oil-based energy resources > > than the gasoline and other motor fuels it would ostensibly replace. And > > burning ethanol in an internal-combustion engine creates environmental > > problems, too, which add to the complexity of the air-quality problem by > > throwing yet another variable into the emissions-control equation. > > Multiple types of fuel, and different requirements regarding fuel > > additives, make it > > harder for the auto industry to develop effective new emissions-control > > equipment. Different fuel types and additive packages can (and do) > > compromise the effectiveness and long-term durability of the > > emissions-control equipment already in service. > > > > Yet Sen. Daschle and his fellow porkers in the House and Senate want to > > extend the existing subsidy to ethanol producers for at least another > > decade--crop subsidies since 1996 alone have been worth more than $30 > > billion--and mandate the increased use of ethanol as a gasoline additive. > > A provision inserted into the Senate version of the energy bill currently > > under consideration would force gasoline refiners to use 5 billion gallons > > of ethanol as an additive (or component) of the motor fuels they produce by > > 2012. That's more than double the current amount of ethanol being > > used--every drop of it an extortionate transfer payment from the American > > taxpayer to giant, politically connected agribusinesses. > > This new subsidy would be worth billions. And that's on top of the billions > > the agribusiness lobby already suckles from taxpayers. It would also create > > what amounts to a guaranteed market share, in perpetuity, that would be > > immune from any market mechanisms whatsoever. Whether ethanol is good for > > the environment, or good for the energy situation, becomes utterly > > irrelevant. It may even be bad for both (more on that below). None of that > > will matter. Taxpayers and motorists would simply get to pay a > > government-enforced fee to Archer Daniels Midland and other beneficiaries of > > corn-state corporate welfare, courtesy of the political pull of those such > > as Daschle. The icing on the cake? If passed, the legislation would not only > > guarantee this massive new subsidy, it would grant a "safe harbor" > > protecting ethanol producers from legal action or other consequences arising > > out of problems--including environmental and health problems--traced back to > > ethanol's use as a motor fuel or motor-fuel additive. 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