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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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The future of Ethanol cooking fuel..

Evelyn @Mbenieve (567) • Kenya 18 Aug 20

Ethanol fuel is fast replacing gas and kerosene fuels. Many homes in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some African countries have opted for ethanol as a cooking fuel. The fuel is used in special stoves that are easy...

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farming

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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Where are all the "Green" jobs?

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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Obama to Lobbyists... "I work for the American People"

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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Do you clean your keyboard weekly?

impexp @impexp (246) • China 7 Dec 08

I clean my keyboard every Monday,even the telephone and desktop.After a week's work,the keyboard and other toos are dirty enough,then I would use ethanol to clean them.This work is a little troublesome but it does good to your...

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The government is getting into the car business:

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...

auto manufacturers

ethanol

subsidies

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If You Want Better MPG Do Away With Ethanol

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....

ethanol

mileage

natural gas

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How Much Is Gas? :) Where U Live! ;-)

walkthetalk @walkthetalk (1307) • United States 20 Jul 08

I got gas today, $40.00 only filled less than 10 gallons of gas in my car. That is ridicules. There is something called ethanol in the gas. This makes your gas burn faster. And that is the governments idea. SO HOW MUCH IS THE...

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Is corn ethanol a good energy source?

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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It's Official, We are now being force fed the ethanol fraud

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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politicians

oldcoger @oldcoger (112) • United States 8 May 08

I realize that politicians can't or won't do anything that can help the average citizen. It doesn't matter what political party that they come from, they are just in it for what they can get out of it. There are solutions to most...

compressed air vehicals

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I was so surprised when I got a reply...

xParanoiax @xParanoiax (6987) • United States 7 May 08

..from one of the Senator's from my home state! See, I used this awesome thing Pyewacket found and sent a letter expressing my concerns on biofuel and I got this email today: "Dear Ms. (blanks out my own name) Thank you for...

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Rising Food Prices

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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With crude oil at a record high of $120 a barrel,

scorpiobabes @scorpiobabes (7225) • United States 6 May 08

analysts are predicting $5 a gallon for gas soon. Why do you think that our gas prices keep going up? And do you think that by not paying federal gas tax this summer will make that much of a difference?...

gas is ridiculously high

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Enviromental Groups cause world wide food shortage

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 28 Apr 08

As environmental groups are forcing us to use Bio Fuel and substitute food for fuel we are now faced with a food shortage and an energy shortage. When are our politicians going to wake up and realize that they are creating a world...

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Alternative Fuels

huppsterdave5125 @huppsterdave5125 (279) • United States 8 Apr 08

Well most of us know that we are in a enrgy crisis that is only going to get worse. Gas prices continue to rise as the oil reserves around the world are being depleted. We have peaked oil production a long time ago and now we are...

Ethanol Propaganda Hits the Airwaves.

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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Food Crops for Ethanol???

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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How many years do you think we have to stop the onslaught of Global Warming?

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...

signs of global warming

super storms

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