Comments on: Deconstructing Walter Williams http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/ The blog about corn farming and american agriculture. Sat, 17 May 2008 10:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Corn Commentary » Blog Archives » Water and Whine http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-694 Corn Commentary » Blog Archives » Water and Whine Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:31:25 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-694 [...] Deconstructing Walter Williams [...] […] Deconstructing Walter Williams […]

]]> By: Ken http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-688 Ken Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:55:50 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-688 Smoke screen? I don't think so. Dr. Williams's assertion (copied from a Lester Brown article two years ago) is that 450 pounds of corn can feed a person for a year. Whatever kind of corn it is, do you really think a person can live off it for a year? Further, the conversion of 450 pounds of corn to ethanol also produces 140 pounds of livestock feed. Thanks for reading and commenting! Smoke screen? I don’t think so. Dr. Williams’s assertion (copied from a Lester Brown article two years ago) is that 450 pounds of corn can feed a person for a year. Whatever kind of corn it is, do you really think a person can live off it for a year?

Further, the conversion of 450 pounds of corn to ethanol also produces 140 pounds of livestock feed.

Thanks for reading and commenting!

]]> By: Gary Dikkers http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-687 Gary Dikkers Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:31:23 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-687 No one is suggesting that people eat No. 2 field corn. You are only throwing up a smoke screen obscuring the real issue by mentioning sweet corn. People do eat the meat, eggs, and milk that come from the animals that eat No. 2 field corn, and yellow dent is a critical part of the human food pyramid. Despite your spin, turning No. 2 field corn into fuel does have an adverse effect on the price and availability of the food people eat -- just as Walter Williams suggests. No one is suggesting that people eat No. 2 field corn. You are only throwing up a smoke screen obscuring the real issue by mentioning sweet corn.

People do eat the meat, eggs, and milk that come from the animals that eat No. 2 field corn, and yellow dent is a critical part of the human food pyramid. Despite your spin, turning No. 2 field corn into fuel does have an adverse effect on the price and availability of the food people eat — just as Walter Williams suggests.

]]> By: Tim http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-686 Tim Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:17:25 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-686 Dr. Williams will admit when he's wrong. He's made mistakes before and he's always owned up to them. I expect he'll do the same in this instance (assuming his "errors" are legitimate). Dr. Williams will admit when he’s wrong. He’s made mistakes before and he’s always owned up to them. I expect he’ll do the same in this instance (assuming his “errors” are legitimate).

]]> By: mus302 http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-685 mus302 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35:46 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/2008/03/17/deconstructing-walter-williams/#comment-685 You had the same thoughts that I did when I read that article, that was just passing on all the common misconceptions about ethanol. I was really surprised to learn that he was a professor. He sure hasn't done his homework on this issue. You had the same thoughts that I did when I read that article, that was just passing on all the common misconceptions about ethanol. I was really surprised to learn that he was a professor. He sure hasn’t done his homework on this issue.

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