The production of ethanol to which federal taxpayers are coerced into giving $5 billion annually could soon start hitting us elsewhere in our wallets and adversely affecting our diet.
The Energy Independence and Security (sic) Act of 2007 requires that we produce 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022 of which 15 billion gallons would be from corn.
The Act required 4.7 billion in 2007 and requires 7.5 billion next year most of which is from corn.
Ranchers are pointing out that this is going to start increasing the cost of beef and pork — along with the loss of jobs in their industry.
If “energy independence and security” is the goal why not forget this vote-buying, treasury-looting “renewable” scam and just drill in desolate ANWR? How about we drill in the Gulf of Mexico so the Chinese don’t get it?
How about we approve the Keystone Pipeline so the Canadians don’t sell their oil to China?
Stupid, corrupt, even treasonous people are running this country. It’s time to get very mad so we can have some change, and maybe even some hope.
Congress just killed the ethanol subsidy. It adjourned Dec. 23 without renewing it. It had gone on for 30 years and cost the taxpayer about $45 billion.
Check this out: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20111224/AUTO01/112240320/Congress-ends-corn-ethanol-subsidy?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs