Ethanol vs Natural Gas

[Stephanie]

I'm more concerned with the farmer's livelihood at this stage of the game. However, like fishing, crabbing, etc. you'll have good years and bad years which you need to plan ahead for.

IMHO, any combination of ethanol, natural gas, solar, bio-fuel or wind could be and should be used to help to feed our need for energy and they can all be American made. I don't think that there's one right solution, but solar, IMHO, is the most consistent and limitless.

[gigabite]

80% of the corn belt has seen some rain this month. The optimum soil moisture for corn is between 30 and 40 percent. The sensitivity of the process leaves something to be desired. The percentage of soil moisture western 1/3 of the of the is below 26 percent and in the eastern 1/3 it is above 40 percent. The point is that the overall harvest is far from being toast.

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[gigabite]

I am surprised to see that Kentucky's yield drop by 73 bushels per. I did not think that the soil moisture dropped
so low there. There was some rain in that area in July, maybe the planting date was later so the tassel date dryer.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?KY,MW


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[gigabite]

This week, BNSF Railway, one of the largest consumers of U.S. diesel fuel and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, announced a natural gas pilot program for its fleet of locomotives. Observers and market participants say it could be the first step toward eroding the stranglehold oil and traditional gasoline has on cars, trucks and trains.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100537924

[Stephanie]

American oil and natural gas for fuel.

Wind and increased solar as it becomes more efficient.

Nuclear and coal for electricity.

Hopefully within 50 years fusion power will make hydrocarbons obsolete.

I'm still nervous about nuclear because I do not trust any company or agency to be thorough or honest in their oversight of it.

I do believe that the energy solution is a combination of different sources. As far as chicken littles are concerned, all you need to do is compare the air quality in Bejing and people walking around in masks to the air quality in the US for the most part (LA is an exception) and BECAUSE of the chicken littles insisting on regulations and oversight, we don't need to breathe through masks. Also, don't forget about 3,000 floating, poisoned dead piggies in China. Did you know it wasn't safe for pigs to drink the water?