Green journalism, green = government and=20 green business that feed off of the green government pig trough like to = push=20 green energy because they get green money for it. But that green = money=20 does not come from profit generated from free enterprise and market=20 competion.

Green energy = money comes from green=20 government pig trough in the form of a subsidy to green = industry who=20 like to pretend they are doing a green good while taking our green=20 money.

The green people love this = because most=20 people then think green energy can replace fossil fuel and nuclear = energy. =20 They love to extrapolate a little green energy into green power for the = entire=20 nation. Not unlike they do distorting normal = slight variations=20 in species and climate temperature into shutting down the entire = lumber and=20 energy industry in the U.S.

Green energy would not exist = if=20 environmental extremist did not mainline their drugs of choice and green = government did not pimp out our green tax dollars paid by=20 our property taxes on our green farms and lawns. Green energy = is a=20 lime green lollipop for the environmenal extremists, jobs for green = contractors,=20 careers for green government.

Here is an excert from = article linked=20 below on the Wild Horse = Project by=20 PSE.

But none of those projects is likely to come to fruition unless = Congress=20 restores a federal income tax credit for wind production that lapsed = last year.=20 "It needs to be renewed in order for the project to work," Ringel = said.

Protests may loom

Ringel claimed the Wild Horse project has community support. But the = same=20 can't be said of a second proposal by Zilkha. The proposed Kittitas = Valley=20 project, between Cle Elum and Ellensburg, has drawn significant = opposition from=20 a group called Residents Opposed to Kittitas Turbines and other parties. =

NPCC's King noted that the Kittitas Valley project is planned for a = highly=20 visible area, across from a big vacation-home development. "I can't = think of a=20 location better designed to incite controversy," he said.

It remains to be seen whether Wild Horse, a project in the same = county by the=20 same developer, will encounter permitting problems.

"There's a heightened sensitivity in Kittitas County that probably = wouldn't=20 have been there" if the Kittitas Valley project weren't so = controversial, King=20 said. http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/09/27/newscolumn1.= html

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=A9 June=20 26, 2006

Talk about news that will make your blood boil: The high cost = of=20 Iowa-grown ethanol adds 30, 40 or even 50 cents to the cost of a = gallon of=20 gas. We're not just being ripped off by Saudi sheiks halfway = across the=20 planet; we're being fleeced by plaid-clad farmers from the square=20 states.

The fact that ethanol comes with a wallet-whacking downside = shouldn't=20 come as a surprise.

There's a reason America is addicted to oil: Compared with the=20 alternatives, it is pretty good stuff. It packs a lot of energy in = a small=20 space. It is cheap and easy to get out of the ground. It is simple = and=20 relatively safe to transport.

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Besides price, the corn-based ethanol already at the corner = pump comes=20 with a host of problems. It evaporates much more easily than = gasoline,=20 adding to air pollution and making the fuel more expensive to = store and=20 transport.

To really put a dent in oil imports, we'd have to turn over the = entire=20 surface of Indiana, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska and = the=20 Dakotas to corn. We'd have to expand our use of fertilizer and = pesticides=20 by millions of tons, plenty of which would end up in rivers and = lakes.=20

Wildlife would lose out too - as millions of acres of forest = were put=20 under the plough.

With all that corn diverted to fuel, there would be less for = everything=20 else. Among other things, beef, soda and many processed foods = would be=20 more expensive. To top it off, you'd have to stop at the gas = station more=20 often because a car using ethanol gets fewer miles per gallon . =

The panacea of the moment - cellulosic ethanol, which can be = made from=20 waste products like paper and corn stalks - solves some problems = but=20 creates new ones. It may take more energy to gather the waste = product than=20 we can produce in ethanol.

We're not just picking on ethanol. Most other alternative = energy=20 sources have hidden downsides as well:

To make enough solar power to fuel a fraction of our cars - = even if we=20 can improve efficiency tenfold - you'd have to pave Texas. And = you'd still=20 have to worry about building all those batteries - and disposing = of their=20 potentially toxic remains.

Hydrogen fuel cells? There's plenty of really expensive = infrastructure=20 to build. Generating, storing and transporting hydrogen won't be = simple or=20 cheap. Anybody want to volunteer to live next door to a hydrogen = storage=20 facility? And you still have the problem of where to get the = electricity=20 to make hydrogen. Dirty coal? Scary nuke plants?

Which brings us back to the high price of gasoline at the pump = - in=20 part caused by those farmers.

While America's scientists and capitalists conspire to come up = with a=20 new route to cheap energy, there's one thing people can do that = has no=20 downside: They can conserve.

Every dime that ethanol adds to the price of gas only increases = that=20 incentive. And as much as it hurts - that's a good thing.

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It=20 costs about $1.50 to make a gallon of ethanol fuel. The = current spot=20 market price for ethanol is well above $5.50. The $4.00 = difference=20 is largely going to the ethanol refiners and distributors, = folks=20 like ArcherDanielsMidland (coincidently one of the largest = campaign=20 contributors on Capitol Hill). There is another alternative. = Methanol, known as wood alcohol (as compared to ethanol = which is=20 grain alcohol) can be made from a wide range of feedstocks = including=20 natural gas, coal, waste wood, and landfill methane gas. = Methanol=20 too can be used in flexible fuel vehicles, but the spot = price for=20 this is just 84 cents per gallon. If it wasn't for the = opposition of=20 the ethanol lobby, this fuel could be made available at the = corner=20 service stations too. But that would make too much sense. =
-=20 Greg Dolan - Arlington Dollars=20 and Sense (view = comment)=20

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High=20 fuel prices, yes; fuel shortages, yes. Back up and look = around for a=20 minute or so. We have fuel "shortages" because the oil = companies=20 don't want to stock pile supplies to any great extent, = thereby=20 creating a shortage. As for the high prices, don't blame = Opec, that=20 cartel has already publicly stated prices are too high and = that they=20 prefer prices to be about $40-$50 a barrel, period. They = also state=20 there is enough supply coming out of the ground and can be = shipped=20 to forestall any shortage. This is public record. The blame = for high=20 prices at the pump--day traders--the buying and selling of = oil=20 futures--to line the pockets of these greedy speculators. = They look=20 for ANY reason to bump up the price of the a barrel of oil, = "oh=20 there may not be enough storage space", bid up the price; = "oh we may=20 have a hurricane in the Gulf this year", bid up the price. = "Iran may=20 go it's own way and do its own thing", bid up the price. It = goes on=20 and on. Before you accuse Opec, look right in your own back = yard.=20
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A=20 little cornfused about the big picture. (hide comment)
Celluosic ethanol = will be=20 the replacement fuel of the future. No one is betting on = corn; but=20 at least you acknowledge celluosic as a solution to many of = the=20 problems upon which you hinge your whole argument. What = needs to be=20 factored is that the price of gasoline is highly subsidized = in the=20 form of military interests in the middle east. Instead of = enriching=20 radical islamists and commies like Hugo Chavez importing = energy (40%=20 of our trade deficit); I'd rather create an industry for our = farmers=20 rather than continue to subsidize them for NOT to growing = various=20 crops. You are correct on the thermal efficiency of ethanol = being=20 lower than gasoline and this is a problem in flex-fuel = vehicles=20 during the transition. After E85 is widely available, this=20 performance gap can be closed because vehicles tuned = specifically=20 for ethanol can run at much higher compression ratios than = gasoline=20 (due to gasoline's propensity to detonate or pre-ignite at=20 compressions greater than 8:1). Current engineering has them = about=20 equal in performance per gallon when using higher = compression ratios=20 for ethanol and this will be the norm in the future. I = encourage you=20 to do a bit more research on this topic. Celluosic ethanol = from=20 agricultural wastes and native grasses like switchgrass is = the fuel=20 of our future.
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