[Winona Online Democracy]
It would be tremendous for those of us who depend on the price of corn if
more vechiles could/would use ethonal. The price for a bushel of corn today
is the same as it was in the 1940's and '50's. No one else is working for
that kind of pay except the farmer. The government programs to off set the
poor price of corn is not the answer. Give me a market for my product.
Linda Fort
[Winona Online Democracy]
I'm not familiar with the speaker John mentioned, but I heard an
interesting spot on WI Public Radio last week on this topic. The guest
was talking about how the use of corn and other agricultural crops being
converted to auto fuel (e.g. ethanol) will affect the economy. Basically
he was saying that when it becomes a better deal to sell those crops to
fuel producers it will drive up the price of food due to competition for
the food supply.
An aside was that this speaker advocated develpment of "plug in" vehicle
technology to charge batteries with wind energy and to eliminate our
dependency on oil and clean up our air in the process.
What do others know about these issues? I'm thinking that this relates
locally to our recent interest in wind power and our state's strong
agricultural interests as well.
Kathy Seifert
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