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petrochemical plants that were located there. The manner in which the petroleum oil industry has conducted itself at all seats of political power is the dictionary definition of the word cronyism. If other industries and non-oil individuals
also partake in unsavory lobbying it is because the oil industry has set the bar
for cronyism so high. You know the term grease the wheels? It means "oiliness"
is required.
Madam* Du Rudy's subtitle is "It’s time to end government handouts for corn
farmers." Does she not know that less than half of all corn grown in America is
used to produce ethanol? Does she not know that a good portion of corn that is
used to produce ethanol is then also used to feed livestock that is used for food?
Does she not realize that corn used to make ethanol also is used to make corn
oil and other products? Does she not know that farms in America are AMERICAN farms located right here in America? Does she not know that the Renewable Fuel Standard does not mandate that corn ethanol be used? Does she not
know that ethanol is used for the RFS mandate because it is the best, safest,
and least expensive ingredient that can be used? Does she not know that no
American military man or woman has ever been killed or wounded while protecting ethanol production and distribution?
Does the Madam* not know these things, or does she simply not care because
she's too busy wallowing in the money that the oil industry must have paid her
for giving up her academic virtue?
She refers to a 2016 University of Minnesota study (I presume she means the
study done by John DeCicco - she doesn't specify) that claims an "unintended
consequence of the biofuel mandate is that it actually increases net greenhouse
gas emissions" because the lower prices of ethanol-gasoline blends encourages drivers to drive more. Well, excuse us for living! Excuse the American
people for wanting to go where they want, when they want! The Madam's interpretation of DeCicco's study is the dumbest, shallowest, most idiotic criticism
against ethanol that I have ever read. And keep in mind that the crappy study
conducted by John DeCicco was rebuked, repudiated, and laughed at from the
moment that it was published.
• API-Funded Study Obscures Lifecycle Emission Benefits of Biofuels
• MichBio Responds to Flawed University of Michigan Research Study on
Biofuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• The Case Against Ethanol Opponents: They Are Simply Incorrect
