Completely OT: Inflation

[John Hemmer]

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From: "Bob Stockler" <bob at trebor.iglou.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: Completely OT: Inflation


> Mike Schwartz wrote (on Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 07:59:10AM -0500):
>
> |      People don't seem very concerned about the high gas prices.  In
this
> | area of Wisconsin, I was just discussing the high gas prices and 10%
ethanol
> | gas with a group of other computer consultants and I was shocked that
some
> | of them refuse to burn that in their cars, even though ethanol is a
> | renewable resource and Wisconsin somewhat subsidizes the slightly higher
> | cost.  One of them summed it up that he just doesn't feel like he gets
> | "maximum performance" with the 10% ethanol gas on the big SUV that he
uses
> | to commute about 50 miles back and forth each day to work.  Actually, I
> | think he just won't pay the same amount of money for ethanol gas that he
> | gets 1 or 2 MPG less on, even if ethanol is a renewable resource.
>
> The ethanol story sounds good, until you factor in the energy
> required to grow the grains from which it is derived, and the
> energy required to transport it to the sites where it is
> produced, and then the energy required to ferment and distill
> it.  Recent studies have shown it to be a net energy loss -
> though it does have some economic benefits for those in the
> grain belt.
>
> Bob
>
Bob,

You could use the energy it produces to make it and sell anything that's
left.
If there nothing left, then your all done.

:-)

John