tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2981647231918497171..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Disaster for the Polish PeopleDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62485773372579662852010-04-10T23:22:56.432-04:002010-04-10T23:22:56.432-04:00A couple of headlines from this week's The Oni...A couple of headlines from this week's <i>The Onion</i><br /><br /><br /><i>Post Office Extends Hours To 3 A.M. To Attract Late-Night Bar Crowd<br /><br /><br />Pope Vows To Get Church Pedophilia Down To Acceptable Levels</i><br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78958677441467186952010-04-10T23:00:43.739-04:002010-04-10T23:00:43.739-04:00Don't start no shit, won't be no shit. :)...Don't start no shit, won't be no shit. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42752652340158482792010-04-10T22:26:18.611-04:002010-04-10T22:26:18.611-04:00Let's not start one up tonight Ruf. It's ...Let's not start one up tonight Ruf. It's late and your neighbors would probably be pissed if you were out there washing your car again.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72855632554831045092010-04-10T22:20:11.659-04:002010-04-10T22:20:11.659-04:00We're producing, and using, about 12.5 Billion...We're producing, and using, about 12.5 Billion Gallons of Corn Ethanol/yr at present. It comprises about 9% of the stuff in your tank (on average.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65352528163138229992010-04-10T22:16:42.645-04:002010-04-10T22:16:42.645-04:00No, Q, it's not even being produced for sale, ...No, Q, it's not even being produced for sale, yet. They're doing smaller quantities (up to 100,000 gallons/yr, and using them for auto racing, promotions, more research, etc. <br /><br />Every now, and then, Iogen, or someone, will have a 1 week pump "promotion" selling "gas from grass," or whatnot.<br /><br />All the ethanol you're getting at the pump, now, is from corn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17307631337761325782010-04-10T22:07:56.391-04:002010-04-10T22:07:56.391-04:00"We still need the subsidies for the nascent ...<i>"We still need the subsidies for the nascent "cellulosic" ethanol business,...</i><br /><br /><br />Oh, then your previous post should have read <i>"...and could be profitably sold for $1.99 with absolutely No Subsidies anywhere in the Supply Chain, <b>BUT</b>..."</i><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12574054893759060352010-04-10T22:03:33.895-04:002010-04-10T22:03:33.895-04:00I should have posted the link. It was on the 15 s...I should have posted the link. It was on the 15 safest states.<br /><br />Vermont was in there near the top.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61249743245772072132010-04-10T19:31:26.790-04:002010-04-10T19:31:26.790-04:00Q, where does Vermont come in on that list? They ...Q, where does Vermont come in on that list? They have, absolutely, NO gun laws, whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66959762979268242872010-04-10T19:29:50.085-04:002010-04-10T19:29:50.085-04:0098% of the ethanol subsidies go to the oil compani...98% of the ethanol subsidies go to the oil companies for blending E10. It doesn't go to the farmer, or to the biorefinery. <br /><br />Of course, the price of a gallon of E10 would go up $0.05, but then, at least, you wouldn't be "subsidizing" ethanol. Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71915365036612020382010-04-10T19:26:50.436-04:002010-04-10T19:26:50.436-04:00Q, I would, actually, be ok with getting rid of 98...Q, I would, actually, be ok with getting rid of 98% of the subsidies for corn ethanol.<br /><br />We still need the subsidies for the nascent "cellulosic" ethanol business, if for no other reason than to help with attracting investment. They wouldn't come out to much, though.<br /><br />The best thing, though, would be to get rid of the subsidies in the form of "tax credits" for oil company profits filed in Bermuda, and Qutar. That would probably net the Treasury on the order of $100 Billion, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72855557091077540252010-04-10T17:59:36.547-04:002010-04-10T17:59:36.547-04:00According the CQ Press New Hampshire, the "Li...According the <i>CQ Press</i> New Hampshire, the "Live Free or Die" state, the state that scandalized liberals because Tea Partiers were carrying around guns at their rallies, has been designated the safest state in the US based on major crime sttistic data for the third year in a row.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91663513154730210302010-04-10T17:28:14.558-04:002010-04-10T17:28:14.558-04:00"...and could be profitably sold for $1.99 wi...<i>"...and could be profitably sold for $1.99 with absolutely No Subsidies anywhere in the Supply Chain."</i><br /><br />Sounds good to me. Let's get rid of the subsidies.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21734435671822312122010-04-10T15:45:10.983-04:002010-04-10T15:45:10.983-04:00Let's see how the NATO alliance holds together...Let's see how the NATO alliance holds together during a prolonged economic downturn. <br /><br />Maybe Obama has stepped up operations in the nether reaches because he doesn't intend to stay long in South Asia. At least not with the current footprint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1142035859187942512010-04-10T14:26:56.399-04:002010-04-10T14:26:56.399-04:00They must not be "too" unhappy about it....They must not be "too" unhappy about it. They're trying to screw up our effort, there, by getting us kicked out of our base in kajicklestan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58876165645216632612010-04-10T13:16:39.662-04:002010-04-10T13:16:39.662-04:00whit noted:
"a growing menace of heroin addi...whit noted:<br /><br />"a growing menace of heroin addiction."<br /><br />And much of that heroin originates in....<br /><br /><br /><br />...afghanistan. The Russians are NOT happy about that!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1064836265784252072010-04-10T13:13:38.940-04:002010-04-10T13:13:38.940-04:00The Global Oil Business is, approx., a $4 Trillion...The Global Oil Business is, approx., a <b>$4 Trillion/Yr</b> Business. The Political Power of such a business is Unfathomable.<br /><br />They know it will take way too long to make much of a dent if we rely on "electric" cars. The downside risk to the oil companies' goal of becoming a $10 Trillion, or greater, business is Ethanol.<br /><br />Expect disappointments.<br /><br />Then, eventually, Victory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36056988423497084132010-04-10T12:59:10.331-04:002010-04-10T12:59:10.331-04:00I believe my caution is shared by most businessmen...<i>I believe my caution is shared by most businessmen.</i><br /><br />I got out of the "employee business" years ago. Social Security contributions, unemployment compensation, Workers Comp. Those are the hidden taxes on business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7870075653583331482010-04-10T12:48:02.685-04:002010-04-10T12:48:02.685-04:00I'm seeing those 'green shoots' in the...I'm seeing those 'green shoots' in the economy as new businesses open, people are spending more, GE has a four week backlog on a particular dishwasher, home sales are looking better. Oil prices over $100 per barrel will be like Round-Up on those little green shoots. Our car culture, which I love, is not sustainable on an economy of high priced oil. <br /><br />On the other hand, we'll stop driving, more of us will get on the bus and hopefully oil prices will settle back down. Unfortunately, like yo-yo dieting, it will be harder to bring the prices down and if we relax our vigilance the next oil spike will be even worse.<br /><br />Big issues of the next election cycle will be alternative fuels, domestic drilling and nuclear energy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36944333494360387162010-04-10T12:47:38.317-04:002010-04-10T12:47:38.317-04:00However, when you're on the "wrong side o...However, when you're on the "wrong side of history," you're on the wrong side of history.<br /><br />E85 is selling for $1.89 in Iowa (and, it could be profitably sold there for $0.35 less, and could be profitably sold for <b>$1.99 with absolutely No Subsidies anywhere in the Supply Chain.</b><br /><br />Novozymes, Dupont-Danisco, and Poet all say that they can, now, produce ethanol <b>from corn cobs and switchgrass for $2.00</b> (again, with NO subsidies.)<br /><br />And, that's using <b>No Fossil Fuel inputs</b> into the process.<br /><br />We're in for a rough few years, but there IS now light at the end of the tunnel.<br /><br />As I said, "When you're on the Wrong Side of History, you're on the Wrong Side of History."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63900351614641150542010-04-10T12:39:21.543-04:002010-04-10T12:39:21.543-04:00We "stalled out" in our move toward etha...We "stalled out" in our move toward ethanol for a variety of reasons (recession bringing gasoline prices down to reasonable levels being one,) but the main reason is a Brilliant, and unbelievably ferocious campaign from Big Oil, and the Food Processors (they loved that Subsidized $2.00 Corn.)<br /><br />I wrote years ago that Big Oil's attack would come from the oblique. That they would finance phony "studies," and get them published in "scientific" journals (that they also finance.) That they would use "Eco-Whackjob" Groups (that they, also, finance.)<br /><br />That they would use Fox News (15% owned by Saudi Prince Dickweed - or however you spell his stinking name,) and that, due to their Billions, the hits would just keep coming.<br /><br />They did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17588755955363003932010-04-10T12:38:59.908-04:002010-04-10T12:38:59.908-04:00I believe my caution is shared by most businessmen...I believe my caution is shared by most businessmen.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44596187965574317712010-04-10T12:36:55.763-04:002010-04-10T12:36:55.763-04:00Hiring someone today comes with very heavy burden...Hiring someone today comes with very heavy burdens from government regulations and taxes, lawsuits and an increasingly difficult process in dismissal. <br /><br />I would do everything possible to not take on a new hire. I would be very wary of anyone that had worked for any union or large corporation.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68725415060871667132010-04-10T12:36:12.291-04:002010-04-10T12:36:12.291-04:00Of course the Poles will think the Russians are be...Of course the Poles will think the Russians are behind the crash. That was my first reaction, too. Whether our suspicions are justified or not, the Russians have themselves to blame. After all, anyone who still trusts Putin is naive or a fool.<br /><br />I heard the other day that the average lifespan for a Russian male is about 57 years due to alcohol and now a growing menace of heroin addiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25952185738416459622010-04-10T12:32:13.362-04:002010-04-10T12:32:13.362-04:00Oh yeah, baby, spiking oil prices between now and ...Oh yeah, baby, spiking oil prices between now and next November will liven the debate and could result in sweeping changes in D.C.<br /><br />Woe unto those who cost the American consumer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91186906376931886732010-04-10T12:29:50.040-04:002010-04-10T12:29:50.040-04:00I spoke with two friends from different parts of P...I spoke with two friends from different parts of Poland this morning. The rumor is that the Russians are behind this.<br /><br />Neither knows the other.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com