tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post4236077660369487977..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-87839580535342687512009-04-30T08:03:00.000-06:002009-04-30T08:03:00.000-06:00anon:
I agree - everything will be higher, as we ...anon:<br /><br />I agree - everything will be higher, as we discovered when gas prices shot up. When costs rise, I think it is safe to say production will have to decrease in order to get prices sufficient to cover those costs.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-18438462035945110212009-04-29T22:32:00.000-06:002009-04-29T22:32:00.000-06:00I agree with your comments on reducing tillage for...I agree with your comments on reducing tillage for energy conservation, but under this carbon program isn't it fair to assume much higher prices for fertilizer, herbicides and drying fuel. What about costs for manufacturing machinery and replacement parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-50017362123369102672009-04-23T18:39:00.000-06:002009-04-23T18:39:00.000-06:00Hey Brian-N-OH, Like you the math just about put m...Hey Brian-N-OH, Like you the math just about put me to sleep. The biggest thing I got from the abridged version I read was this. Kal-lee-forn-eh-a,(The Gubber-nators pronunciation), EPA couldn't rightly say that Ethanol was leading to a reduction in atmospheric gases, like CO2 and the like. Mostly because it took so much coal to run the power plants that produced the electricity to run the refineries to make the Ethanol...hmm.<br /> I wonder if there is some way they can take some of the distillers grain that is left, dry it out and burn it to fuel a steam plant?? Like a corn furnace. Solves 2 problems.<br />1)- Plant can produce their own electricity.<br />2)- Distillers Grain that could not be fit for consumption for feed can be used and not introduced into the food chain.<br />3) ...but then again they might have to set up a CZAR for this....<br />I aint the sharpest tool in the shed, mainly because I'm worn out.Ol Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104714377087960892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-3138321162033433332009-04-23T06:02:00.000-06:002009-04-23T06:02:00.000-06:00brian:
Please don't worry about disagreeing with ...brian:<br /><br />Please don't worry about disagreeing with me. I can always cry myself to sleep...<br /><br />Hadn't heard about the CA study - I'll dig it up.<br /><br />james:<br /><br />There are a zillion ways we all as individuals could make a difference, but we don't. I agree with your reasoning, but we've been trained to wait for the treat of the stick.<br /><br />all:<br /><br />I'm hoping for Sunday to commit premeditated planting.<br /><br />Wait, when's the next rain system?John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-14324013579264883072009-04-23T05:32:00.000-06:002009-04-23T05:32:00.000-06:00Carbon Tax, Carbon Credits and Cap-and-Trade....to...Carbon Tax, Carbon Credits and Cap-and-Trade....to me these represent the same things that put Brenie Madoff in jail, and contributors in the poor house. I can not for the life of me understand why or how the profitability of a corporation or a "group" can be a direct indicator as to the improvement of the environment.<br /> If you feel guilty about driving a gas-guzzler, plant a tree yourself. Don't drive it as much.<br />We as individuals can do more to improve our environment. Far better than the "experts" and "advisor's" in D.C. who are notably and most times out of touch with the true issue.<br />Just because someone is smart, don't mean they have any sense.<br />Hope yall are able to start planting.Ol Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104714377087960892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-33245855793299124682009-04-22T19:45:00.000-06:002009-04-22T19:45:00.000-06:00John,
I guess I'm trying to dry out my fields ...John,<br /><br /> I guess I'm trying to dry out my fields by throwing all these buckets of cold water on your stuff. Sorry, I'm really not that negative of a person. But a guy's gotta do what he's gotta do. Anyway...<br /><br /> Don't count your chickens - the great State of California is about to officially report that corn ethanol is a loser for GHG reduction. This is supposedly a precendent setter for the Feds.<br /><br /> I have never trusted the methodology of these calculations, so I googled the above and ended up with a pdf of Cali's EPA draft report on corn ethanol. I couldn't go through all the math, but one example is that they estimate around 8 gallons of diesel per acre to grow corn. Anyway, about 30% of the ghg increase they claim from ethanol comes from land use changes as corn prices rise. They explain this in a one-line footnote, saying they got the figure from the Purdue Dept of Agricultural Economics. <br /><br /> And here I had been thinking so highly of Purdue.Brian in OHnoreply@blogger.com