Billions later, Gore admits policy mistake

A new round just waltzed in slowtard

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On Monday, September 5, 2011, John Stroebel <john.stroebel@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Bruce Majors <majors.bruce@gmail.com <majors.bruce%40gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Gore admits policy mistake
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>> AUGUSTA, Ga. —Former Vice President Al Gore now admits that growing corn
>> for
>> ethanol is a huge mistake.
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>> "The energy conversion ratios are at best very small," he told a "green"
>> energy business conference in Greece. In other words, the process consumes
>> about as much energy as it produces.
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>> And in 2009, the U.S. spent about $7.7 billion in tax money subsidizing the
>> process — which also drives up food prices: Ethanol eats up about 40
>> percent
>> of the U.S. corn supply, about 15 percent of the world's crop.
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>> Consumption, prices
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>> Ethanol's consumption of that much corn "definitely has an impact on food
>> prices," Gore acknowledges.
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>> "It is not a good policy to have these massive subsidies for
>> first-generation ethanol," he says.
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>> It would be an interesting viewpoint coming from Mr. Environmentalist under
>> any circumstances — but since he was the tie-breaking vote in the Senate in
>> 1994 that mandated the use of ethanol, you might think it more
>> enlightening.
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>> Yet, you'll really love his stated reason for having voted that way:
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>> "One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention
>> to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness
>> for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for
>> president."
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>> : Gore foisted mandatory ethanol production on America — which he now
>> admits
>> was a mistake — .
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