Good point, Chief.
Congress should act to help both consumers and farmers.
There are promising new products from farm products. The authoritative automotive industry publication Wards Engine and Vehicle Technology Update reported on a revolutionary new motor oil has been developed. It is made from oil seeds, such as canola. In the near future it will be possible to make it from soybeans, which, fortunately, are grown by most corn producers.
According to Wards, this new motor oil is superior to the petroleum-based variety in virtually every way, including the fact that it reduces vehicle emissions dramatically. That's right. Unlike ethanol, this oil actually cleans the air. Yet, unlike ethanol, it is competitive in the marketplace without a subsidy of our tax dollars.
Tests are continuing to confirm what industry experts call amazing results with the new bio-oil. As for corn, a consortium of the agricultural giant, Cargill, and the big chemical company, Dow, is nearing production, at a new plant in Nebraska, of a plastic made from corn. It is so rugged it will make super-durable carpet and could dramatically reduce the annual demand for eight billion tons of petroleum-based plastic. Another plus: Under the heat and pressure of a landfill, it biodegrades in just 45 to 60 days. Like the new oil, it doesn't need a government subsidy to be competitive.
Research on hundreds of similar products is taking place in corporations and universities around the country. Imagine if the 54-cent ethanol subsidy, which amounts to billions of dollars, was directed instead toward more bio-oil alternatives and displacing our demand for middle east black gold.
The consumer would benefit.
The farmer would benefit.
We all would benefit.
Any updates on this technology, Chief? Wasn't the USPS using them in test vehicles or something somewhere for last couple years? I say if the president wants to make a difference --- end this #%#$% war, and help set the vision for the future --- independent of the whims and notions of the tyrannical sand people.
