Why today's editorial in the Deseret News is so important. I mean, it's about ethanol. Such a mundane topic. Yes, I follow the part about ethanol causing more pollution, not burning as clean. But, there is more.
There's that part about the federal government subsidizing ethanol. So, here we have a product that does not appear to be a viable energy solution (at least not with crops grown in the United States), and we are developing it at the expense of running up the national deficit?
This is why the editorial is so important. It is a place to cut. It is government waste. See here, we have congress members who speak fervently of decreasing the national deficit. They introduce bills calling for a balanced budget. That is good, but our national deficit got here one item at a time, to some degree. We add a program here, and another there, and soon enough we have a deficit so large it dwarfs the moon in the night sky. So, it follows that to reduce the national deficit, you might want to pick at the mess each time you see something wasteful.
The good thing about cutting ethanol is that, to some degree, taking it away will not cost as many jobs as some cuts. Oh, those in the processing and fuel plants will lose their jobs, and I do not look lightly on that. But, the farmers will not, hopefully. Some of them were raising soybeans before ethanol, but turned to corn when ethanol became so profitable. They will simply return to soybeans, and private enterprise will pay them, instead of Uncle Sam subsidizing them.
Where is the congress member who is picking at our national deficit, item by item, introducing legislation each time he sees a spot? I want to know.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765635815/The-ethanol-strategy.html
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