How about a thread...................

[pamsback]

 Just build your own  like we used to in the good ol days

[pamsback]

  Went to town this mornin....had to get some stuff and get my blood pressure checked. Doctor was on vacation so I went to walmart because they have a free blood pressure machine. Anyway, out front...in the rain...there was a man about 80 years old probably had set up a table......he was selling raffle tickets for the American Legion and collecting donations for military families....80...in the rain......lady told him it looked like he was fixin to get wet....he said he wasn't gonna melt.

[Anmar]

A big problem with Ethanol is the corn thing that billy mentioned.  What wasn't mentioned is that ethanol can be made very cheaply from sugar, like Brazil does.  The problem is that the Sugar industry lobbies the government for heavy heavy tariffs on imported sugar so we really can't import it from anywhere.

[sixdogsmom]

Anmar, ever heard of sugar beets?

[Tobina+1]

My father-in-law works for a fertilizer company in S. Florida and his company has started working with the Indians to put in irrigation systems so they can start growing sugar cane year-around.  The idea is that they will soon be putting in sugar ethanol plants.

[srkruzich]

Anmar, ever heard of sugar beets?

Its still utilizing our food supply for fuel.   Haven't we learned from that mistake already?

[sixdogsmom]

Steve, do you eat sugar beets?

[Jane]

My Dad was an old truck driver from way back. I remember him telling me there was a gentleman in western kansas that build a car engine that ran on water. Ford bought everything from him including putting a clause in the contract that he could not build another engine. Of course the man and his next several generation were very well off.
Jane    

[Cheyenne]

  Went to town this mornin....had to get some stuff and get my blood pressure checked. Doctor was on vacation so I went to walmart because they have a free blood pressure machine. Anyway, out front...in the rain...there was a man about 80 years old probably had set up a table......he was selling raffle tickets for the American Legion and collecting donations for military families....80...in the rain......lady told him it looked like he was fixin to get wet....he said he wasn't gonna melt.

That is somebody with dedication. I admire those people and those are the people I will donate to. Kind of like the girl scouts and boy scouts. If a kid asks me to buy something I always will. If their parents ask me I will pass.

[srkruzich]

Steve, do you eat sugar beets?

No but we use the sugar from it for foodstuffs.  And depleting our sugar supply will only raise the cost of like EVERYTHING!