What's the big deal about ethonol?

Question

Haven't we be making it in liquor for over 1000 years?Seems pretty basic for us to dicount this as to expensive untill we try it ourselves.What about switch grass, anybody tasted switch grass alcohol? What was the first model T run off of before coorporates of 1908 decided they could sell oil easier than avoid the 18th amendment in 1920? Cheers to the volstead act.

Answer 1

no big deal been around a long time as a matter of fact Henry Ford wanted to use this to fuel his cars and not oil

Answer 2

I guess its made from corn. So it is a limited resource.

Answer 3

The corn prices are high, why can't we use another plant source?  I think it is intentional to use corn to discourage the use of ethanol and drive every food item up and encourage the oil companies to get rich.  Have you seen the grocery prices? They're ridiculous..  Everything seems to have corn syrup in it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-a...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...

Answer 4

it actually started n germany with benz.....ford just tried ripping that off as well as the combustible engine