http://corncommentary.com/2009/02/23/bullish-on-ethanol/ The blog about U.S. corn, corn products, and the family farmers behind it all. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://corncommentary.com/2009/02/23/bullish-on-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Keith Stumbo Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:23:07 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/?p=1063#comment-2165 The Sandia study assumes that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030. Why is it that in a world with so much technology available it takes so long to accomplish so little? I think this country should mandate a higher percentage of ethanol used with gasoline. Twenty percent would be good. We could all use it, it would cut back our use of foreign oil substantially, and it would help the corn farmers in this country make a little money that would help boost the economy a little. I have been farming for 30 years and the last two have been by far the best for me. For many years I sold corn for roughly the same price. My input costs keep going up. Go figure! Now when we finally started to make a little profit everybody got their hands on it. Unfortunately our inputs don't recede like our commodity prices. Oh well, I still like farming or I wouldn't be doing it. Good Luck to the ethanol companies. They are going to need it. The Sandia study assumes that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030. Why is it that in a world with so much technology available it takes so long to accomplish so little? I think this country should mandate a higher percentage of ethanol used with gasoline. Twenty percent would be good. We could all use it, it would cut back our use of foreign oil substantially, and it would help the corn farmers in this country make a little money that would help boost the economy a little. I have been farming for 30 years and the last two have been by far the best for me. For many years I sold corn for roughly the same price. My input costs keep going up. Go figure! Now when we finally started to make a little profit everybody got their hands on it. Unfortunately our inputs don’t recede like our commodity prices. Oh well, I still like farming or I wouldn’t be doing it. Good Luck to the ethanol companies. They are going to need it.

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