From: "Geo." 

There is only one good energy source that won't screw up the planet, nuclear.

Geo.

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> We have to cut down oil usage somehow, that's the real terrorist threat
> that you seem to be so concerned about.
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> I'm not saying ethanol is the correct way to go, but *something* has to be
> done to cut down on our reliance of foreign oil.  The less oil we need,
> the less meddling we have to do, and the less meddling, the less animosity
> towards us.
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> Bob Comer
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>I think I recall a few intellectual arguments against my disdain for using
>>"corn for fuel."
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>> If I recall correctly those arguments were along the lines of "global
>> energy generation transcends the minutia of food vs. fuel,"
because it's
>> all the same thing in the end and taking corn off the food market to
>> satisfy the transportation market was no big deal because lower oil
>> prices would offset any effects...
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>> Perhaps those arguments were misplaced:
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>> http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0701130049jan13,0,5505881.story
>> "Ethanol's effect: Expensive tortillas"
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>> I guess starving out the Mexicans is an acceptable trade-off for
>> enriching the ethanol producers in the US?
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>> For me, I like Exxon/Mobil over ADM 8 days a week.
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