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In any case, the part of me that doesen't trust anyone in the process to tell the truth is speaking to me.
Same little voice here. Just follow the money....
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In any case, the part of me that doesen't trust anyone in the process to tell the truth is speaking to me.
You're right... I don't want to wade into that cesspool as I don't want or expect to change any minds. What I do want to do is share hard data and then allow folks to decide for themselves. I should mention I grew up on a beef farm and sold cash crops like corn, wheat and alfalfa. Someone earlier in this thread quite rightly made the point that the corn used for ethanol is not the same as that used to feed the population. That is correct, the former is referred to as "pig corn" and the latter is "sweet corn". If you've ever bitten into pig corn, you'd swear you're eating bark -- it's awful. There is another argument that pig corn displaces land that can be used to grow sweet corn (or other grains). Well, maybe but I doubt it as our government pays farmers to allow millions of acres of land to remain fallow (yes, it seems crazy but it keeps feedstock prices up by reducing supply).
Now were getting the "type" right for corn. It should also be said that the stalks are not waste, at least in the throwaway sense of that word. Animals eat them & they benefit the soil by introduction back in.
As to the Germans not eating corn,hmm, I happen to have corn as one of my several an allergies (doesn't keep me from 2 ears of Mirai every night since it came in & same for peaches & cream the few weeks before that) & was assured by the doc doing the testing that it is so many food items that it is sort of impossible to escape it getting into your mouth. FWIW, I bought some German museli @ Meijers Super mkt last week and it is made & pkg in Germany! and contains corn flakes. Do they make it for us or them? Not trying to play gottcha, just hard to think corn isn't in their food.
Now back to discussing ethanol without having politics in the mix?Not easy to do?
You can get Kellogg corn flakes in Germany. However, the corn flake is an American invention, just like Crisco, Crystallized Cottonseed Oil...........which is a soap by-product.
Pre Columbian food source developed in the Mexico region and spread across the Americas and beyond via native trade. Corn never seemed to catch on in Europe like other vegetable crops brought back by early explorers and traders; perhaps due to the land yield ratio and storage issues that were better met by other products in their systems. The US has a mixture of land, research and history with the stuff that makes it abundant and pervasive; resulting it being a major export agricultural product. Europeans may have a cultural bias against the stuff but increasingly are importers/ consumers of the stuff in various forms.
It was always confusing to me when I studied the British "Corn Laws" which referred to Wheat, Barley and Oats. However, I had no problem understanding the German Korn
This is getting better than any oil thread around....
That's an interesting thought!
What kind of oil do you use on your corn???
I like to grill mine with a bit of Olive Oil brushed on and sprinkling of garlic salt...
Cheers!
Corn (on the cob or popped) is an organic butter delivery device.
The best(only) to protect your sweet corn from ear worms is mineral oil, a few drops in the silk will do...That's an interesting thought!
What kind of oil do you use on your corn???
I like to grill mine with a bit of Olive Oil brushed on and sprinkling of garlic salt...
Cheers!
Since the turn of the millennium I put ca. 2,400 gallons of the E10 crap into my 1989 airhead. And I am embarrassed to tell you that I had no problem whatsoever of what is discussed here.
/Guenther
And I have had to replace floats, diaphrams, fuel lines, and K bike fuel pump mounts dissolved in the stuff.