From Radio Iowa:
Former Iowa governor and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack says it's time to end tariffs that block the import of ethanol from Brazil.
During an appearance on CNBC Monday night, Vilsack argued that move would help build demand for the higher-concentration of ethanol fuel. "Bring the Brazilian ethanol into this country, create a demand for E85, put pressure on Detroit to create more flexible-fuel vehicles," Vilsack said.
A spokesperson for the Iowa Corn Growers Association was not immediately available for comment.
If there's one way to totally screw midwestern farmers, and especially everybody who has invested in ethanol plants around Iowa, it would be lifting the tariff on cheap, deforested, environmentally-destructive Brazilian ethanol. Tom Harkin has already suggested it.
Isn't it funny how these dimwitted dickhead Democrats want to end America's dependence on foreign oil and replace it with dependence on foreign ethanol?
Actually, it's not funny. These sorts of decisions could bankrupt thousands of Iowans. And it's all on the basis of who's paying off the Vilsack and Harkin campaigns.
1 comments:
What a total farce! Corn prices are at record highs and our govt still sends subsidies to corn farmers-- many of whom are not small farmers but part of the massive corporate farming complex like ADM and ConAgra. Current research shows corn based ethanol is actually not as efficient as sugar cane ethanol. While the world is starving from lack of food, the last thing we need is to divert more corn to biofuel and providing subsidies to the corn growing industry. Makes me sick
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