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Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:56
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: MoGas
I'm not Charlie either, but my brother-in-law Dave in Standish MI now
receives a Gov. check because he agreed to commit some of his corn for ethanol
use from his dairy farm, how is this helping????? David Cook RV6A
Rotary ( WARNING!!!!!!! DO NOT USE TIGHT-SEAL FROM AIRCRAFT SPRUCE
FOR SENDER COVERS ON FUEL TANKS, MOGAS WILL DISSOLVE & LEAK )
Re-sealing both tanks now, any suggestions as to what gskt. sealer (not
permanent) to use?
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From: "Al Gietzen"
<ALVentures@cox.net>
> I'm not Charlie but in my opinion,
corn is one of the worst due to
> competition w/ food consumers.
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> I'm not Charlie either, but in my
opinion corn is the worst because it is a
> no-gainer - meaning it
takes as much energy (+- depending on data source) to
> produce the
corn and make the ethanol as you get back from the ethanol. And
>
burning ethanol still puts CO2 into the atmosphere. If it weren't for the
> heavy lobbying (read campaign contributions and other perks for
politicians)
> by the major grain companies (ADM, Cargil, etc.) over
the past decade or
> more; who are now making big bucks producing the
stuff from corn with
> government subsidies - there would not be a
corn/ethanol program in this
> country.
>
> Making
ethanol from sugar cane, as they do in Brazil, makes some sense.
>
They are achieving energy out/energy in of greater than 8 : 1 in the newer
> plants.
>
> Al G
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>
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