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Cruz Refuses To Support Ethanol Subsidy: Washington Shouldn't '€˜Pick Winners And Losers'
2016-01-05
[Breitbart] BOONE, IOWA -- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he does support ethanol, but doesn't support the government subsidizing it.

Cruz kicked off his six-day bus tour across Iowa and received questions at his first event about his opposition to the the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), an ethanol subsidy that many Iowan farmers depend on.

"I very strongly support corn and farmers and ethanol, but I don't think Washington should pick winners and losers" Cruz said after a supporter asked him to clarify his stance.

"I think what we need to do, instead of having a government mandated subsidy, we ought to do is remove the government barriers so that ethanol can end up having a larger share of the market through competition rather than through government putting mandates in place," Cruz added.

According to a report from Politico, supporters of the Renewable Fuel Standard are buying newspaper, radio and digital ads to attack Cruz on the issue in Iowa. Another group, Iowa Progress Project, has spent $200,000 airing anti-Cruz ads.

Cruz has overtaken Trump in the polls in Iowa, with 40 percent of likely Republican Iowa Caucus voters saying they plan on voting for Cruz.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  High compression is the key to making Ethanol work, well that a a coerced market. It can be done tho. Bad news about Ethanol is in high proof concentrations you can't see the flames if she blows up 'ye. Thinking the old Indy St. Vitus' dance here, true that was methanol, but still. Some people worries about wasting corn on Ethanol, me? I worry about wasting Ethanol on engines.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-01-05 21:11  

#6   #1 Exactly. It is always this way, isn't it?
Posted by: Nguard   2016-01-05 17:19  

#5  A friend with a multi-fuel (switchable) car did a test from F-85 through to non-ethanol.

Results = mileage mapped the quantity of pure gasoline. The alcohol bought close to nothing in fuel value to the car. It may have been a fault of the car and yes the car was imported but not a VW. That said zero is zero.
Posted by: 3dc   2016-01-05 12:06  

#4  And the cost of corn will plummet, taking the price of anything that uses corn (like beef and other foods) along with it.

I've read that a great many cows died in Texas in the sudden weather they had after Christmas, just as the herds out west are recovering after the drought. The price of beef may wait a bit before coming down significantly.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-01-05 09:27  

#3  And the cost of corn will plummet, taking the price of anything that uses corn (like beef and other foods) along with it.

Bourbon?
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-01-05 09:03  

#2  And the cost of corn will plummet, taking the price of anything that uses corn (like beef and other foods) along with it.
Posted by: gorb   2016-01-05 03:38  

#1  

1923: Tetraethyl lead (TEL) added to gasoline. Your gas will cost a bit more, but your auto will run quieter and more effeciently.

1972: Unleaded fuels introduced. It will cost a bit more to take the lead out, but your auto will perform better and emit fewer pollutants.

1978: US Gov't issues tax credits for Ethanol. Your fuel will cost a bit more, but your auto will perform better and emit fewer pollutants.

2016: Non-Ethanol gasoline still available in some locations. Your auto will run better and get better mileage, but non-Ethanol fuel will cost a bit more due to increased refining costs and wider market distribution of subsidized blended fuels.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-01-05 03:24  

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