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Ahne Oosterhof <[log in to unmask]>
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Ha, ha. Recently I asked an anti-GMO signature collector if he would eat
corn. Of course he would. 
Then I pointed out that corn is GMO, starting as grass. He walked away.

Ahne. 

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight Mattix
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 7:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - I believe ... (my credo)

corn is grass.


"Grass is what my food eats."   Ron Swanson


At 07:11 AM 8/26/2014, Pete wrote:
>Some good answers here, led me to do some more research
>
>About 1/3 of the US corn crop goes towards livestock feed.
>13% is exported.
>40% is used for ethanol production
>That leaves 14% for food and beverage (including oils, syrups, sugars)
>
>Ethanol is being used in some cases to replace MTBE, to increase octane 
>rating.  Why?  Because of it's resistance to ignition.  This is  very 
>tiny percentage of the gasoline blend.  E10 and E85 are ethanol as an 
>attempt to replace fossil fuels.  However, that resistance to ignition, 
>when used at 10% or 86% is what makes it an inefficient fuel, 
>increasing consumption by 3% or 25% respectively.  It takes one unit of 
>fossil fuel to generate 1.3 units of (less efficient) ethanol fuel.
>
>Since 1980, the ethanol industry has received $45B in government subsidies.
>
>The windmills don't seem so bad anymore.
>
>Pete


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