12-01-2016, 12:42 PM
(12-01-2016, 12:04 PM)Capo_imp Wrote:(12-01-2016, 03:28 AM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote: [url=http://www.cycleworld.com/ethanol-in-motor-gasoline-kevin-cameron-top-dead-center]Yet another plaint on ethanol, scourge of the IC universe.
By the end of this diatribe he is blaming corn growers for starting worldwide riots.
Now that's great journalism.
No he's not. You're projecting. He's asking a question based on what both sides of the controversy are saying. Note the 'Still others see...' phrase and the perspectives of the two camps. He is not opining. Show me here where he's blaming anyone:
"You get the picture. Environmentalists are delighted at this use of corn because it satisfies their desire to see renewable energy sources replace fossil sources. The petroleum industry sees a gallon of fuel ethanol as 2/3 of a gallon of gasoline they don’t sell. A factory farming organization will naturally seek to increase the percentage of ethanol in motor gasoline. Think of being a Congressperson, deafened by the roar of all this lobbying. Is there any such thing as “right”? Or has right come to mean “what I want” while wrong means “what my opponents want”? Still others see conversion of corn to ethanol as the institutionalizing of hunger in the form of “burning food.” Could it be, as claimed by some big-picture pundits, that the world-wide rise in food prices in part cause by conversion of corn to ethanol led to the social unrest and revolutions now referred-to as “Arab Spring”? It’s giving me a headache."
No he's not. You're projecting. He's asking a question based on what both sides of the controversy are saying. Note the 'Still others see...' phrase and the perspectives of the two camps. He is not opining. Show me here where he's blaming anyone:
"You get the picture. Environmentalists are delighted at this use of corn because it satisfies their desire to see renewable energy sources replace fossil sources. The petroleum industry sees a gallon of fuel ethanol as 2/3 of a gallon of gasoline they don’t sell. A factory farming organization will naturally seek to increase the percentage of ethanol in motor gasoline. Think of being a Congressperson, deafened by the roar of all this lobbying. Is there any such thing as “right”? Or has right come to mean “what I want” while wrong means “what my opponents want”? Still others see conversion of corn to ethanol as the institutionalizing of hunger in the form of “burning food.” Could it be, as claimed by some big-picture pundits, that the world-wide rise in food prices in part cause by conversion of corn to ethanol led to the social unrest and revolutions now referred-to as “Arab Spring”? It’s giving me a headache." It's giving me a headache, and a hangover.
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Gentleman, this is darned good journalism, first-rate. It's why he still has a job.
