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Date:         Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:18:57 EST
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From:         Peter Gollon <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [GW-ACT-LEADERS] Al Gore on Corn Ethanol
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In a message dated 12/7/2010 6:52:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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but did  not Khosla, Gore and co, with NRDC, peddle corn ethanol subsidies 
that long  ago?
Now Gore rethinks corn ethanol - All of the following is from an  investing 
newsletter put out by  Stansbury Research, sent from 
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"First generation ethanol I think was a mistake. The energy  conversion 
ratios are, at best, very small." 

This  quote [is] from the godfather of clean energy, Al Gore. Speaking at a 
 green energy business conference in Athens, Greece, Gore admitted how 
stupid  ethanol is. The U.S. ethanol industry will consume around 41% of the 
U.S.  corn crop this year and 15% of the world's crop, according to Goldman 
Sachs.  And it takes far more energy to produce ethanol than the fuel 
provides...  It's a net negative energy product. 

If you believe consuming fossil  fuels is bad for the planet, you must 
believe ethanol is terrible for the  planet. In addition to whatever damage it 
does to the environment, ethanol  consumes massive amounts of corn that 
should be used for food (corn is the  single-most important commodity for the 
world's food supply). Gore even  admitted ethanol has "an impact on food 
prices." 

And why did Gore  support this absurd mission in the first place? Because 
he was running for  president:  
"One of the reasons I made that mistake is I  paid particular attention to 
the farmers in my home state of Tennessee,  and I had a certain fondness for 
the farmers in the state of Iowa because  I was about to run for 
president." 
So Al Gore jeopardized the environment and caused people  to starve all 
because he wanted to become president.
 
Peter

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