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Strange Bedfellows Fight Ethanol Subsidies
Reader Actual Reality sends us to Business Week for a tale of the strangest political coalition to be seen in a while — greens, hippies, libertarians, and livestock producers uniting to get ethanol subsidies reduced or killed. The demand for the alternative fuel is driving up corn prices and having big impacts on other parts of the economy. Not many other issues are capable of getting left-leaning economist Paul Krugman and the Cato Institute on the same side.
Not many other issues are capable of getting left-leaning economist Paul Krugman and the Cato Institute on the same side.
I'm sure all Slashdot posters will quickly reach a friendly consensus too, it being an environmental and economical issue that also mentions left vs right wing politics. I'm looking forward to the thoughtful and informative debate.
Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die
Y'see, in the UK we pay approximately $6.40 a gallon of petrol. I don't think you have that much of a right to complain.
Infinite time means everything that can happen, will. You being you is absolutely incidental. You do not exist.
U need to have your engine retuned along with fuel lines.
Ethanol and Gasoline are NOT same just like Goat's milk and Cow's milk are not same.
Ethanol benefits farmers who can now send their wards to colleges.
Gasoline benefits S.A which sends our way more 9/11 attackers...
If i were Bush (supporting ethanol) i would argue in this way.
Would we want to send our money to support terror or would we want to send our children to school?
If you don't support ethanol, you support terror.
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer
Y'see, in the UK we pay approximately $6.40 a gallon of petrol. I don't think you have that much of a right to complain.
Hey, you just need a successful domestic tax rebellion, and then you can complain about it all you want.
>> greens, hippies, libertarians, and livestock producers
We can only hope they don't interbreed.