The unbiased, neutrally independent American Coalition for Ethanol (it is worth a visit just to absorb- or be absorbed by- the simply eerie animations on the website, but don’t forget to check out the “all about ethanol” stuff too. Ethanol 101 is an invaluable source of the latest bullshit, biofuel jargon guaranteed to get the undergarments off of that hottie with the clipboard that you have been oggling since crashing the Democratic fundraiser) released a report earlier this week revealing that Ethanol might save consumers money.
Of course, we only bring it up as a way of talking about the far more interesting publications of Robert “Ethanol Is The Largest Scam In Our Nation’s History” Bryce. Seriously, you can’t fail to appreciate titles like “Gusher of Lies,” especially when they are accompanied by subtitles like “The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence.” Or perhaps, “Pipe Dreams,” paired with “Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron.”
Either way, I think I’ll buy corn futures.
Lobby Says Ethanol Helping Reduce Gasoline Costs [Research Recap]
Equity Q. Private is the author of Going Private and a Guest Editor at DealBreaker.com
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been in DBA since january.
Floods in the south, droughts in china/australia, export bans in Egypt
supply/demand picture is looking great for soft commodities.
RJA is a nice alternative to DBA
what is going on w this? is carney not into taking credit for his posts anymore? has he realized its smarter to not have his name attached the boring stuff and just let “levin” run w the glory??
You might want to add a link to the article on A1 of yesterday’s WSJ about how strong the farm lobby is.
@1:14 can you read?
I was given a mandate to get our ethanol book off the ground this year. What a friggin joke of a product.
-Nominate me
From the front page of wsj.com:
“The menu and size of the Whopper Bars will be smaller than a typical Burger King but will sell Whoppers not typically available at all times in the chain’s traditional restaurants. Executives say they haven’t finalized the menu, though they say it could include as many as 10 types of Whoppers such as the Western Whopper, the Texas Double Whopper and the Angry Whopper, a version topped with spicy onions. One menu sketch has a section called “Pimp Your Whopper,” where patrons can chose from additional toppings like jalapeno peppers, bacon and barbecue sauce.”
full article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120672457122272165.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
addendum:
is Charlie Gasparino an “Angry Whopper”?
Corn Ethanol is a scam (and a dangerous scam given food inflation issues). The only bigger scam is the trading in carbon off-sets (ie; trading in hot air). You know what isn’t a scam – sugar ethanol but alas sugar cane does not grow in the the fly over states. Thus the USA/farm lobby doesn’t like it, so they ensure puntive tariffs on sugar cane.
No posts about the end of topless bars in Houston??
@nominate – plying your clients with ethanol-based beverages might help. take over the world in 40 fluid ounce increments…
–Schmooze
@ Schmooze
Is that a Mad Dog/Olde English reference? You leave Calgary or has typing Calgary Schmooze become too cumbersome?
@ 2:13
Bring the sugar ethanol on. Get rid of the ridiculous sugar tariffs and bring it in from S. America. They are swimming in the stuff.
-Nominate me
@ 1:14
John Carney is really Equity Private? I didn’t see that one coming in my wildest dreams / worst nightmares!
@nominate
Yes.
The latter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpwjnMFlJI
–Calgary Schmooze