Replies to post #2407 on Grains Oilseeds

[Catchnrel]

Mud pies are really underrated, depending on where you live.

Seriously, pretty good spin by EPIC. Of course, they dodged the impact of ethanol on food (and other item) price inflation.

[timhyma]

Filling the 25-gallon tank of an SUV with pure ethanol requires over 450 pounds of corn -- which contains enough calories to feed one person for a year.

At face value, with a bushel of corn weighing 56lb, those numbers are about right- as it takes point .36 bushel corn to make a gallon of ethanol.

But, have you ever tried eating the corn used in ethanol, lol. It is feed corn- not fit for human consumption. btw, 1/3 of the corn used goes to the feed lots as a by-product, so those numbers are skewered some, imo. If farmers let their animals eat naturally, and wait 6-12 months before slaughter, they would not need the tremendous amount of corn being used today, imo. The industry could probably get by on the ethanol by-products.

It is nice to see some Pro ethanol media being posted. Thanks