Posted on 02/02/2016 8:47:21 AM PST by justlittleoleme
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz managed to snag Iowa’s heaviest corn-producing counties despite his opposition to federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol. Does this mean King Corn’s days are numbered in the Hawkeye State?
Cruz snatched victory from challenger business mogul Donald Trump Monday night, but what’s most interesting is Iowa counties that grow the most corn supported the Texas senator despite his opposition to ethanol subsidies — ethanol is mostly made from corn.
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Trump also jumped on Cruz for his opposition to ethanol, warning Iowans Cruz would “destroy” the industry if he wins Monday night’s caucus.
“He will destroy your ethanol business 100%,” Trump said Monday. “And look, I’m not really blaming him because he’s financed by oil people. The oil people don’t want ethanol, it’s very simple.”
“Your ethanol business if Ted Cruz gets in will be wiped out within six months to a year. It’s gonna be gone,” Trump warned.
Trump’s warning may have swayed some Iowans — Cruz won the state’s first and fourth-largest corn counties, but Trump was able to win three of Iowa’s top five corn counties.
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Cruz's strong showing in Iowa suggests Hawkeye State voters are less beholden to the ethanol lobby than they had been in previous years. Polling up to the caucus showed the federal ethanol mandate was not a top concern for most Iowans.
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Jersey and eastern PA... They only sell unleaded ethanol free gas in cans at hardware stores and lawn equipment stores.
The bug they use is modified e.coli bacteria that converts 5 carbon sugars to ethanol. Currently, if there are other e.coli strains present, they take over and kill the modified strain. They are diligently working to strengthen the modified strain so that it can compete against and win against other bacteria. Then they will not need to preprocess the cellulose feed stock to kill the existing bacteria before fermentation. But therein lies the problem. When the modified bacteria is sufficiently robust, if it gets out into nature, it will begin to attack the trees and the grass and will have an extensive food supply with very little competition.
The greenest of technologies will denude the planet.
I agree. But proposed by the President is not the same as passed by congress.
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