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To: Scanian; philman_36

The entire ethanol debacle is a great case example to illustrate the folly of government intervention in the free markets.


3 posted on 04/18/2009 3:19:45 AM PDT by Red Dog #1
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You can’t fool Mother Market.


4 posted on 04/18/2009 3:21:20 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Red Dog #1
Needed to produce one gallon of gasoline...

Needed to produce one gallon of ethanol...

Strictly illustrative...Bioenergy Conversion Factors

8 posted on 04/18/2009 3:38:30 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Red Dog #1
The entire ethanol debacle is a great case example to illustrate the folly of government intervention in the free markets.

...and the iron law of unintended consequences.

12 posted on 04/18/2009 3:45:30 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The age of 0bama: the transient ischemic delusions of adequacy decade.)
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