define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: A Growing Image Problem https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/05/a-growing-image-problem/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Mon, 12 May 2008 19:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Shoebox https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/05/a-growing-image-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-35189 Mon, 12 May 2008 19:22:27 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=2425#comment-35189 Christopher,

What I prefer is the market deciding how resources, investments and purchasing occurs. Without the government driving ethanol there would be no ethanol industry. If government got out of the way there would be considerable more drilling and refining, or for that matter, nuclear plants being built. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a pure “Governement is always evil” person. Government has it’s place i.e. Apollo program. However, while the market responds and corrects screwups i.e. what is happening today with housing, government programs have a way of forging ahead regardless of the circumstances and thus taking a bad idea and making a disaster out of it.

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By: Christopher https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/05/a-growing-image-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-35188 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:56:56 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=2425#comment-35188 Make no mistake, I see your point on ethanol and I am inclined to agree. Food is a high priority. But let me ask you this, if you agree that the stuff that makes ethanol would be better made into food then would you also agree that the petroleum products going into Styrofoam cups and plates would be better made into motor fuel?

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