Gasoline Prices

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Originally Posted by Army_of_One

It only goes up a few cents at a time but I just used that to show that if it DID jump that much it still wouldn't matter for the average driver.

Oh. Well I guess looking at it that way makes it all the easier to pay for. Thanks.

[ksgrainman]

Ethanol

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Moonshine boondoggle.

[ksgrainman]

[K C Muffin]

I've done what I can do. The beloved pickup sits and I drive my VW. Which I really love, by the way. Hubby complains about the gas bill when it comes, but hasn't bothered to cut back on paying crap for his son. That child has anything he sees. He's a mess and it's just going to get worse. So, I kinda hide and watch. He'll cut it down soon enough. When he's gone, like he is this week and last, I mostly eat out of the fridge, so we save on meals out that way. We really don't eat at home that often.

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by ksgrainman

Ethanol

The biggest scam in the country....

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

...We purchased a Honda CRV. I get 29/30 Mpg on the highway...

You can have it. I'll keep my Cadillac Deville, it rides much better and is bigger than your crv and it gets 26/27 MPG on the highway.

[ksgrainman]

Originally Posted by Bubba

The biggest scam in the country....

GASOLINE RBOB - NYMEX High Low Last Chg Time May '083.01503.01503.0150-0.0036

ETHANOL [E] - CBOT High Low Last Chg Time May '082.5302.5002.510s-0.044

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Originally Posted by ksgrainman

GASOLINE RBOB - NYMEX High Low Last Chg Time May '083.01503.01503.0150-0.0036

ETHANOL [E] - CBOT High Low Last Chg Time May '082.5302.5002.510s-0.044

Whatcha burning in them there big ol tractors, grain trucks, sprayers, irrigation pumps, combines, etc.?

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Here's an excerpt from the article.

The Ethanol Boondoggle

A study last year by Cornell University scientist David Pimentel highlighted
another problem. Most replacements for gas--including ethanol--have to be
manufactured. It turns out this process is both energy-intensive and expensive. Pimentel's analysis showed that it takes about 70 percent more energy to produce ethanol than the resultant ethanol yields. The additional energy comes from, you guessed it, fossil fuels.

Pimentel found it costs $1.74 to produce a gallon of ethanol, twice that for
gasoline. He notes that's why "fossil fuels--not ethanol--are used to produce ethanol.... Growers and processors can't afford to burn ethanol to make ethanol."

So whacha burning in them big ol tractors.......................