Beautiful phraseology "unforeseen...need to be substantiated". If you've got something that automatically does that, let me know...I've got lots of uses for it! -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Tellefsen Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - I believe ... (my credo) I don't completely understand the anti-GMO stuff. To me, GMO food is just as good for humans eat as non-GMO food, in some cases better, as with golden rice. I can understand the crop diversity and possible unforeseen environmental effects arguments, but they need to be substantiated with data. Karen Tellefsen - Electrical Testing Alpha / 109 Corporate Blvd./ S. Plainfield, NJ 07080 [log in to unmask] 908-791-3069 From: Ahne Oosterhof <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>, Date: 08/26/2014 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - I believe ... (my credo) Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 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 To: [log in to unmask] 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ***** Please note that my E-Mail address has changed ***** ____________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________