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SIDDI KIMPOLE
@SIDIKIMPOLE (3480)
• Eldoret, Kenya
14 May 25
First, I am glad I no longer drink alcohol. But I have friends, relatives and even clients who still drink. In an operation by a consortium of authorized wines and spirit manufacturers discovered that at least 60% of liquor in...
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sleepyredd
@sleepyredd (201)
• United States
22 Feb 10
I read an article about ehanol co-ops in rural America. How they can help us to become more energy efficent. They talked about redirecting subsidized funds already going to the farming community right back to the farmers to...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
7 Apr 09
For the last couple of years, people like T. Boone Pickens and others have touted plans for amping up Green industries. They talked about how many jobs they could create by transforming wasteland into windfarms, building ethanol...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
28 Feb 09
I wonder if he told that to the lobbyists for ACORN, the Labor Unions, the Teachers' Unions, the Ethanol lobby, the Wind power lobby, the Solar power lobby, the Light Rail lobby...
Apparently Prs. Obama is only against the...
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newtondak
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
12 Nov 08
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,451064,00.html
As if we don't have enough involvement in various business sectors, now we're going into the auto manufacturing business.
People complain about all the subsidies that are...
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gewcew23
@gewcew23 (8007)
• United States
9 Aug 08
We should have all by now heard Obama's inflate your tires plan to improve your gas mileage. While it would work if you were driving around on flat tires I have a plan that will actually improve your gas mileage, no more ethanol....
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JBKnutsen
@JBKnutsen (425)
• Northern Mariana Islands
2 Jun 08
I personally don't think it's a good energy source.
Many people eat corn in every meal, and live by corn. They wouldn't survive without corn. And if the corn prices get's high, they wouldn't afford it. There are also less food...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
14 May 08
Up until the other day, there were 2 gas stations that still offered real gasoline. By "real gasoline" I mean gasoline untainted with ethanol. Me, and many others made it a point to fill our tanks exclusively at those two...
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newtondak
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
7 May 08
Much media coverage has recently been directed to the rising cost of food. Many spectulate on the causes and associated remedies for this problem, while others lay blame for the current situation.
American farmers are among...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
4 Apr 08
For the last week or so, the following quote has become something of a staple on "The National Farm Report" hosted by Orion Samuels (syndicated on many Am radio stations). He has said it the same each day (or so close you can't...
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labor
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revellanotvanella
@revellanotvanella (4033)
• United States
30 Mar 08
This issue has bothered me for some time and I just do not get the idea that we are using a crop traditionally used for food (even for the animals that make our food) and taking it and using it for ethanol. It's just like someone...
alternative energy
china grain shortages
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revellanotvanella
@revellanotvanella (4033)
• United States
30 Mar 08
Me Im convinced the immediate need to make drastic changes in our life is now and certainly when law makers are not making it an initiative. I hear about islands going nearly under and I get chills, my native people in Alaska...
ethanol
global warming
melting glaciers
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save the environment
signs of global warming
super storms
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