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Nad R wrote:
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> It takes more oil to make a gallon of ethanol than
> one gallon of
> regular gas. Modern fertilizers are made from crude
> oil to make the
> corn grow. It is the farm subsidies that make
> ethanol cheaper.
> Ethanol increases our use of crude oil not decrease
> it. Ethanol is a
> scam by the oil companies.
>
> And increases the cost of food as well. A boon for
> those Iowa farmers
> that pick the first candidates. So the candidates
> promise Iowa-ins
> anything in order to get elected first. Farm
> subsidies, corn for
> ethanol, higher food prices. Just to make Iowa-ins
> happy. And the
> Texans and Saudis like it also. I am for all states
> to have the
> primary elections on the same day and put an end to
> those favored
> states status.


Where do you get this shit? Are battling with
Andy, Sheldon, Tommy Joe and Landon?


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"John Smythe" > wrote:
> Nad R wrote:
>>
>> It takes more oil to make a gallon of ethanol than
>> one gallon of
>> regular gas. Modern fertilizers are made from crude
>> oil to make the
>> corn grow. It is the farm subsidies that make
>> ethanol cheaper.
>> Ethanol increases our use of crude oil not decrease
>> it. Ethanol is a
>> scam by the oil companies.
>>
>> And increases the cost of food as well. A boon for
>> those Iowa farmers
>> that pick the first candidates. So the candidates
>> promise Iowa-ins
>> anything in order to get elected first. Farm
>> subsidies, corn for
>> ethanol, higher food prices. Just to make Iowa-ins
>> happy. And the
>> Texans and Saudis like it also. I am for all states
>> to have the
>> primary elections on the same day and put an end to
>> those favored
>> states status.

>
> Where do you get this shit? Are battling with
> Andy, Sheldon, Tommy Joe and Landon?


The first part from the book:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...%27s +dilemma

Second part add it up, where does most of the cornfields come from and
politicians hang out.

Your response, you probably come from the same state the corn came from.

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Nad R > wrote:
> "John Smythe" > wrote:
>> Nad R wrote:
>>>
>>> It takes more oil to make a gallon of ethanol than
>>> one gallon of
>>> regular gas. Modern fertilizers are made from crude
>>> oil to make the
>>> corn grow. It is the farm subsidies that make
>>> ethanol cheaper.
>>> Ethanol increases our use of crude oil not decrease
>>> it. Ethanol is a
>>> scam by the oil companies.
>>>
>>> And increases the cost of food as well. A boon for
>>> those Iowa farmers
>>> that pick the first candidates. So the candidates
>>> promise Iowa-ins
>>> anything in order to get elected first. Farm
>>> subsidies, corn for
>>> ethanol, higher food prices. Just to make Iowa-ins
>>> happy. And the
>>> Texans and Saudis like it also. I am for all states
>>> to have the
>>> primary elections on the same day and put an end to
>>> those favored
>>> states status.

>>
>> Where do you get this shit? Are battling with
>> Andy, Sheldon, Tommy Joe and Landon?

>
> The first part from the book:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...%27s +dilemma
>
> Second part add it up, where does most of the cornfields come from and
> politicians hang out.
>
> Your response, you probably come from the same state the corn came from.


Try this again. For the oil part From the book "Omnivores Dilemma by
Micheal Pollan".

http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dile...8878947&sr=1-1

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