The real ecological nightmare is industrial agriculture. Switching to organic-style crop rotation will cut energy use on farms by a third or more: no more petroleum-based herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers. Fertilizer needs can be served either by applying the byproducts left over from the alcohol manufacturing process directly to the soil, or by first running the byproducts through animals as feed.
Free energy labeled 'economic terrorism' - The widespread adoption of these new, non-polluting energy and propulsion systems will effectively replace the use of oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, impacting 4.5 trillion dollars a year in world economic activity, replace the current geo-political order with one based on decentralized abundance. (Examiner; March 21, 2009)
Most corn grown in the USA is for cattle feed .Also, fermenting the corn to alcohol results in more meat than if you fed the corn directly to the cattle. We can actually increase the meat supply by first processing corn into alcohol, which only takes 28% of the starch, leaving all the protein and fat, creating a higher-quality animal feed than the original corn.
I am not a farmer but i have studied ethanol long enough to appreciate its benefits. Peak oil has done more to raise food prices than ethanol, and you don't have to take my word for it, just look up Peak oil and study that topic for a wile. then maybe you won't be so quick to judge ethanol. It is not perfect, but it is a step in the right direction.
the cost of food going up is due to inflation alone corn Ethonal by products are dry disstillers grains which is a high source of protien fed to cattle put back into the food chain. the corn that you and I eat is sweet corn not reguar corn the argument food for fuel is all propaganda
Folks have you ever wondered why corn is used as a food source, especially when the human digestive system doesn't process corn properly. Also We should question why farmers are paid NOT to farm their land (CRP Program). Instead contract them to plant a high cellulosic plant like switch grass (Johnson Grass) that are more suited for ethanol. Besides wouldn't it be better to support local business and companies instead of being "bent over the barrell" by the Oil producing countrys. Keep $ here.
Just a fact. Currently we are making more ethanol in the US from corn than we were 3 months ago but the corn price has been cut in half. So maybe ethanol was not as responsible for corn price increases as opponents may have claimed.
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this is why america and all over the world have a food crisis because we use it as ethanol and the corn please why use corn when u can use some other way to make ethanol like use ur trash or use the dump u can turn that in to ethanol
Because the corn used in ethanol is field corn not the sweet corn Humans eat, rather the corn that is fed to cattle, chickens, and hogs. However, One major product of an ethanol plant is distiled grain which is used to feed these animals, this distiled grain has a much higher protein content and helps these animals produce their meat that you eat faster.
Please note: even free-ranger, organic dairy & beef cattle still fart out a ton of methane which adds to the ozone damage. That pint of Ben & Jerry's ain't as green as you may think...
Biofuels are driving up the cost of my family purchases on the grocery shelves?
The demand for oil energy continues to increase, while the supply of oil has not kept up with world demand... and the US has produced 45% less of our own oil over the past 20 years.
Less oil on the market means high gas prices... less corn, soy, or sugar, due to their use for biofuels means higher food prices... Sombody needs to get Congress on the phone: "WE NEED MORE FUEL, AT A CHEAPER PRICE!"
Sorry, ethanol is not the answer. Even if humans can't consume corn, livestock does. Livestock brings us most of our foods like meat and dairy products and if there's no corn, there's less feed, which means prices rise and people of the world suffer.
When the government gets into this, it messes up economic cycles and results in higher costs of living.
A byproduct of ethanol production is DDG, or Dried Distillers Grains, which is sold to livestock farmers as feed. Ethanol plants can also extract oil from DDG(and still sell the DDG as feed), furthering the utilization of corn. You've been re-educated.
obviously you are all like most, the uneducated consumer who believes everything you hear. ACTUALLY, ethanol is made from #2 yellow corn, which can not even be digested by humans. Meaning, even if its not used for ethanol, WE STILL CAN'T EAT IT. Maybe you should complain about the price of crude oil and be thankful ethanol is keeping prices at the pump down by $0.40-$0.50.
It is not digested by humans, but it is digested by things that humans digest which DOES have an effect on the price of food. It's also not as simple as looking at the pice of corn only. One of the most important factors is how has land been allocated, and how much land has been switched into corn growing instead of other foods.
just look up prices of corn, rice, wheat, soy for yourself. 2.9% is bollocks. probably influenced by oil prices(most important), the start of ethanol, growing population and middle classes etc. no one is telling me that fuelling america with biofuels for 25% to 50% very soon will not require people to starve, and not get laughed at. They are already starving in Haiti, the Middle East for instance.
2.9% was likely when this was produced. With oil prices driving food higher it is now around 4.5 percent. 1/4% of that is related to increased corn prices according to the White House Chief Economic Adviser.
The value of the petroleum to 130 dollars the gallon nobody criticizes, all accept. The largest problem in the United States is that the ethanol is extracted of a food the corn. In Brazil the ethanol the is produced more than 30 years, the ethanol is made extracted of a vegetable not used as food, the cane of sugar, and nor for that it harmed the production of victuals. Brazil is the only country of the world in that the ethanol production in wide scale gave right.
Sugar is a heavily used food item and it provides dietary calories like any other food item. Nor is corn taking from the food supply. Only 8% of the commerical corn crop in the U.S. is used for human consumption and yields continue to go up. Why not ethanol rather than imported oil?
Look I'm all for energy independence, but I really don't think this is the answer. Think about the cost of the fuel to run the machinery used to collect it, transfer it, refine it, and finally deliver it to the fuel station. The only way I could see this working is if it could be transferred via pipeline, which it cannot. Give it up, look for something that's more economically sound.
Stored grain is at it lowest point in 38 years. Sixty percent of the world's grain is used for food and 20 percent and growing for bio-fuels. Less of the world's grain product is being produced for human consumption and that has helped cause us the see the 30% price jump since 1996.
If you factor in all related energy costs from the chemicals and fertilizer used to the actual production of the ethanol itself there is a 60% net energy gain.
Would'nt it be great if you went to the store one day and a gallon of milk was $8.00 and a box of cornflakes was $6.00 ? Oh, wait a second ! I know a box of Cheerios is already like $5.40 or something. So I guess it is really not a matter of if we will starve, it's a matter of when we will starve.
Don't buy into the arguement that it takes more energy to make ethanol than you get at the pump. More than a dozen studies have show an average net energy gain of 60%. The one dufuss that disagrees used to work for the oil companies. Go figure.
Are you paying any attentnion to the cost of petroleum? Ethanol is domestically produced, rather than from people that wish we were dead. As far as food pricesl do your research. This isn't sweet corn we are talking about. We are only using 8% of our corn crop for food and even the corn we turn into ethanol uses only the starch from corn. The corn oil and protein, which have the food and feed value, are still used here and overseas.
If it uses arable land, fertilizer, pesticides, herbacides, and water. That will raise the price of those items. Raise the price of the inputs, you raise the price of the outputs.
That said, biofuel boosters make some pretty dangerous assumptions.
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f4wpeace 10 months ago
The problem I see it as a past farmer, today I see land idle. Not just idle
but land hogs, buy up land and then put it in CRP and this contract with the tax payers means they get as high as $150 per acre not to grow corps.
As for corn for fuel. it takes the same amount of energy to produce it as it
gives back. Oil is a never ending product, see my
(Max, Nebraska Oil Conspiracy) video on youtube for a different take.
donze52 11 months ago
The real ecological nightmare is industrial agriculture. Switching to organic-style crop rotation will cut energy use on farms by a third or more: no more petroleum-based herbicides, pesticides, or chemical fertilizers. Fertilizer needs can be served either by applying the byproducts left over from the alcohol manufacturing process directly to the soil, or by first running the byproducts through animals as feed.
mikehanoo33 1 year ago
Who knew that corn could be so exciting!!!
b1gr1g 1 year ago
Free energy labeled 'economic terrorism' - The widespread adoption of these new, non-polluting energy and propulsion systems will effectively replace the use of oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, impacting 4.5 trillion dollars a year in world economic activity, replace the current geo-political order with one based on decentralized abundance. (Examiner; March 21, 2009)
mikehanoo33 1 year ago
Most corn grown in the USA is for cattle feed .Also, fermenting the corn to alcohol results in more meat than if you fed the corn directly to the cattle. We can actually increase the meat supply by first processing corn into alcohol, which only takes 28% of the starch, leaving all the protein and fat, creating a higher-quality animal feed than the original corn.
mikehanoo33 1 year ago
idiots, you import from other countries to balance your thirst for fuel.
allthetunes 1 year ago
very misleading interview!
He is farmer, enthanol means higher corn prices for him of course he is going to say ethanol is good and it wont increase food price.
Increasing corn acrage from 78 -90mil acreas? Sure, but there will be less acerage devoted to soya and wheat, b/c farmers get more growing corn.
Misleading vedio, just an Ad from the enthanol producers and farmers.
benzlzhang 2 years ago
I am not a farmer but i have studied ethanol long enough to appreciate its benefits. Peak oil has done more to raise food prices than ethanol, and you don't have to take my word for it, just look up Peak oil and study that topic for a wile. then maybe you won't be so quick to judge ethanol. It is not perfect, but it is a step in the right direction.
switchgrassfuel 2 years ago
the cost of food going up is due to inflation alone corn Ethonal by products are dry disstillers grains which is a high source of protien fed to cattle put back into the food chain. the corn that you and I eat is sweet corn not reguar corn the argument food for fuel is all propaganda
cyalaterthan 2 years ago
Folks have you ever wondered why corn is used as a food source, especially when the human digestive system doesn't process corn properly. Also We should question why farmers are paid NOT to farm their land (CRP Program). Instead contract them to plant a high cellulosic plant like switch grass (Johnson Grass) that are more suited for ethanol. Besides wouldn't it be better to support local business and companies instead of being "bent over the barrell" by the Oil producing countrys. Keep $ here.
PeopleAreStrangers 2 years ago
Just a fact. Corn yields rise every year.
germandeerslayer 3 years ago 2
Just a fact. Currently we are making more ethanol in the US from corn than we were 3 months ago but the corn price has been cut in half. So maybe ethanol was not as responsible for corn price increases as opponents may have claimed.
samhancock1 3 years ago 2
Just a fact.
Ammonia, Phosphorous, Potassium, Fresh Water, and Farmland are scarce resources.
The price of all these has gone way up due to higher demand driven by biofuels.
greyflcn 3 years ago
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what i dont want to eat faster thats sick eating faster cause people to feel and be bloated and make you feel full why would we need to eat faster
ChrisBennett18 3 years ago
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this is why america and all over the world have a food crisis because we use it as ethanol and the corn please why use corn when u can use some other way to make ethanol like use ur trash or use the dump u can turn that in to ethanol
ChrisBennett18 3 years ago
Because the corn used in ethanol is field corn not the sweet corn Humans eat, rather the corn that is fed to cattle, chickens, and hogs. However, One major product of an ethanol plant is distiled grain which is used to feed these animals, this distiled grain has a much higher protein content and helps these animals produce their meat that you eat faster.
cobybaalman 3 years ago 5
Please note: even free-ranger, organic dairy & beef cattle still fart out a ton of methane which adds to the ozone damage. That pint of Ben & Jerry's ain't as green as you may think...
HunterMann 3 years ago
Howdy :-)
Biofuels are driving up the cost of my family purchases on the grocery shelves?
The demand for oil energy continues to increase, while the supply of oil has not kept up with world demand... and the US has produced 45% less of our own oil over the past 20 years.
Less oil on the market means high gas prices... less corn, soy, or sugar, due to their use for biofuels means higher food prices... Sombody needs to get Congress on the phone: "WE NEED MORE FUEL, AT A CHEAPER PRICE!"
danielopusone 3 years ago
Ethanol has not really driven up the cost of food. The reason commodities have become so expensive is because of a cheap dollar.
theworkingmansfriend 3 years ago
Sorry, ethanol is not the answer. Even if humans can't consume corn, livestock does. Livestock brings us most of our foods like meat and dairy products and if there's no corn, there's less feed, which means prices rise and people of the world suffer.
When the government gets into this, it messes up economic cycles and results in higher costs of living.
torres585 3 years ago
A byproduct of ethanol production is DDG, or Dried Distillers Grains, which is sold to livestock farmers as feed. Ethanol plants can also extract oil from DDG(and still sell the DDG as feed), furthering the utilization of corn. You've been re-educated.
bleedson 3 years ago
obviously you are all like most, the uneducated consumer who believes everything you hear. ACTUALLY, ethanol is made from #2 yellow corn, which can not even be digested by humans. Meaning, even if its not used for ethanol, WE STILL CAN'T EAT IT. Maybe you should complain about the price of crude oil and be thankful ethanol is keeping prices at the pump down by $0.40-$0.50.
1cornqueen 3 years ago
Where's your data that show that ethanol keeps the price of gas down?
arubberball 3 years ago
It is not digested by humans, but it is digested by things that humans digest which DOES have an effect on the price of food. It's also not as simple as looking at the pice of corn only. One of the most important factors is how has land been allocated, and how much land has been switched into corn growing instead of other foods.
Shadyhunter04 3 years ago
just look up prices of corn, rice, wheat, soy for yourself. 2.9% is bollocks. probably influenced by oil prices(most important), the start of ethanol, growing population and middle classes etc. no one is telling me that fuelling america with biofuels for 25% to 50% very soon will not require people to starve, and not get laughed at. They are already starving in Haiti, the Middle East for instance.
sickliberal 3 years ago
2.9% was likely when this was produced. With oil prices driving food higher it is now around 4.5 percent. 1/4% of that is related to increased corn prices according to the White House Chief Economic Adviser.
ilcorn 3 years ago
Propaganda.
theogarver 3 years ago 4
The value of the petroleum to 130 dollars the gallon nobody criticizes, all accept. The largest problem in the United States is that the ethanol is extracted of a food the corn. In Brazil the ethanol the is produced more than 30 years, the ethanol is made extracted of a vegetable not used as food, the cane of sugar, and nor for that it harmed the production of victuals. Brazil is the only country of the world in that the ethanol production in wide scale gave right.
cotidianobr 3 years ago
Sugar is a heavily used food item and it provides dietary calories like any other food item. Nor is corn taking from the food supply. Only 8% of the commerical corn crop in the U.S. is used for human consumption and yields continue to go up. Why not ethanol rather than imported oil?
ilcorn 3 years ago
Look I'm all for energy independence, but I really don't think this is the answer. Think about the cost of the fuel to run the machinery used to collect it, transfer it, refine it, and finally deliver it to the fuel station. The only way I could see this working is if it could be transferred via pipeline, which it cannot. Give it up, look for something that's more economically sound.
DarkIZero 3 years ago
Stored grain is at it lowest point in 38 years. Sixty percent of the world's grain is used for food and 20 percent and growing for bio-fuels. Less of the world's grain product is being produced for human consumption and that has helped cause us the see the 30% price jump since 1996.
poetsonghotmail 3 years ago
If you factor in all related energy costs from the chemicals and fertilizer used to the actual production of the ethanol itself there is a 60% net energy gain.
ilcorn 3 years ago
ethanol is moot. algae can produce so much more fuel... there's just no reason to increase food demand... basic economic rules man.
sickliberal 3 years ago
ok, well that is different from what the news and science community are saying so where did you get that number?
poetsonghotmail 3 years ago
Produced by Illinois corn producers. And the farmers says he makes good money...
We miss a contradisctor that would look beyond his own fence!
watchitoryouwontknow 3 years ago
Would'nt it be great if you went to the store one day and a gallon of milk was $8.00 and a box of cornflakes was $6.00 ? Oh, wait a second ! I know a box of Cheerios is already like $5.40 or something. So I guess it is really not a matter of if we will starve, it's a matter of when we will starve.
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stonerj0e 4 years ago
Don't buy into the arguement that it takes more energy to make ethanol than you get at the pump. More than a dozen studies have show an average net energy gain of 60%. The one dufuss that disagrees used to work for the oil companies. Go figure.
mlambert50 4 years ago 2
Are you paying any attentnion to the cost of petroleum? Ethanol is domestically produced, rather than from people that wish we were dead. As far as food pricesl do your research. This isn't sweet corn we are talking about. We are only using 8% of our corn crop for food and even the corn we turn into ethanol uses only the starch from corn. The corn oil and protein, which have the food and feed value, are still used here and overseas.
mlambert50 4 years ago 2
If it uses arable land, fertilizer, pesticides, herbacides, and water. That will raise the price of those items. Raise the price of the inputs, you raise the price of the outputs.
That said, biofuel boosters make some pretty dangerous assumptions.
globalpublicmedia. org/ the_reality_report_the_myths_of_biofuels
greyfalcon. net/ peaksoil
greyflcn 4 years ago
And yet the price of food has been drastically increasing to the tune of 10-20% rise in prices. Thats not usual at all.
According to the GAO, Ethanol legistlation has caused an increase in net Oil usage between 2005-2008 of 8 million gallons of oil.
Will corn be able to meet our needs? Of course not.
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greyflcn 4 years ago
Good Job Em and Leif!! Thats awesome!! Alicia Jo :)
AJG1212 4 years ago 2
Watch it and learn! :)
ejs726 4 years ago