Comments on: Where’s the ethanol in Florida? http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: howard stern http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604&cpage=1#comment-125462 howard stern Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:46:32 +0000 http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604#comment-125462 “Where’s the ethanol in Florida?” I wish I could tell you and the readers of Progressive Coalition. but you may be interested in the following: There are too many people (including State Government Agencies in Florida)who want the 'Status Quo' and provide very little space for a small innovative company. For the past six months (and many years before that period) I have been 'shouting in the wilderness' and to major News Media that I have TECHNOLOGY and SYSTEMS to provide as much as 12 Billion gallons* of BioEthanol at less than half the price of corn and other grains used to produce ETHANOL. I spent more than 30 years in R&D. and need a Partner(s) because it is a Business that requires that we move quickly to enter the market work on a worldwide basis. If you want 'the rest of the story', It is available. sternh@alltel.net If you publish, I prefer responses from Major International Companie(s) Only. Howard stern “Where’s the ethanol in Florida?” I wish I could tell you and the readers of Progressive Coalition.
but you may be interested in the following:

There are too many people (including State Government Agencies in Florida)who want the ‘Status Quo’ and provide very little space for a small innovative company.
For the past six months (and many years before that period) I have been ‘shouting in the wilderness’ and to major News Media that I have TECHNOLOGY and SYSTEMS to provide as much as 12 Billion gallons* of BioEthanol at less than half the price of corn and other grains used to produce ETHANOL. I spent more than 30 years in R&D. and need a Partner(s) because it is a Business that requires that we move quickly to enter the market work on a worldwide basis. If you want ‘the rest of the story’, It is available. sternh@alltel.net If you publish, I prefer responses
from Major International Companie(s) Only. Howard stern

]]> By: Gavin Baker http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604&cpage=1#comment-125256 Gavin Baker Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:52:30 +0000 http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604#comment-125256 Kenneth, you're right that the concern with rising food prices is mainly with poor people in poorer countries, not in America. And it is a concern. But I think the better way to address that concern is a.) through more development aid (such as the relief package which has saved 1 million lives, which most of Florida's Republicans voted against) which helps economies stabilize and develop opportunities for wider prosperity, and b.) by removing barriers to agricultural trade and restructuring agricultural subsidies, giving farmers in developing countries more opportunities to export to the U.S. (Europe is a big offender in this camp as well). We could also add c.) greater consumer demand for Fair Trade agricultural products, further supporting a better life for farmers in developing countries. None of these will change the fact of rising food prices. But they mitigate it, and can even result in a net benefit for millions of families in poorer countries. Kenneth, you’re right that the concern with rising food prices is mainly with poor people in poorer countries, not in America. And it is a concern. But I think the better way to address that concern is a.) through more development aid (such as the relief package which has saved 1 million lives, which most of Florida’s Republicans voted against) which helps economies stabilize and develop opportunities for wider prosperity, and b.) by removing barriers to agricultural trade and restructuring agricultural subsidies, giving farmers in developing countries more opportunities to export to the U.S. (Europe is a big offender in this camp as well). We could also add c.) greater consumer demand for Fair Trade agricultural products, further supporting a better life for farmers in developing countries.

None of these will change the fact of rising food prices. But they mitigate it, and can even result in a net benefit for millions of families in poorer countries.

]]> By: Kenneth Quinnell http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604&cpage=1#comment-125207 Kenneth Quinnell Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:35:13 +0000 http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1604#comment-125207 From what I understand, if we go with cellulosic or sugar ethanol, we avoid most of the problems with corn ethanol. In particular, the cellulosic is more environmentally-friendly, less expensive, doesn't affect food prices, and doesn't compete with food for the use of arable land. While the meat argument is a relatively good one, it leaves out the fact that the real concern with those rising food prices is that people in poorer countries don't get to eat. From what I understand, if we go with cellulosic or sugar ethanol, we avoid most of the problems with corn ethanol. In particular, the cellulosic is more environmentally-friendly, less expensive, doesn’t affect food prices, and doesn’t compete with food for the use of arable land.

While the meat argument is a relatively good one, it leaves out the fact that the real concern with those rising food prices is that people in poorer countries don’t get to eat.

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