Comments on: Biofuels group says ethanol could numb gas-price bite http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/09/24/biofuels-group-says-ethanol-could-numb-gas-price-bite/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/09/24/biofuels-group-says-ethanol-could-numb-gas-price-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Anonymous Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/09/24/biofuels-group-says-ethanol-could-numb-gas-price-bite/#comment-67 Embracing ethanol should provide the consumer with some relief at the pumps but it doesn't. With the high costs of gasoline one would think people would be flocking to fill their tanks with ethanol. Why aren't they? Because the cost of ethanol is equal to the cost of gasoline. When the gasoline prices made their huge leaps recently, so did the cost of ethanol. With no monetary savings, why would consumers embrace ethanol? A clean environment is important, but so is cost at the tank. Also, many people are unsure whether they can use ethanol in their cars. I have been told that I could use 100% ethanol in my 1990 car, but today I read that this might put a strain on the car's engine. No one seems to offer any clear information. If the powers-that-be really want to clean up the envirnment they need to first lower the costs of ethanol as further incentive to get people off their gasoline dependency, and then create an advertising campaign that clearly explains ethanol and it's benefits to the environment. Appeal to the heart AND the pocket book. Embracing ethanol should provide the consumer with some relief at the pumps but it doesn’t. With the high costs of gasoline one would think people would be flocking to fill their tanks with ethanol. Why aren’t they? Because the cost of ethanol is equal to the cost of gasoline. When the gasoline prices made their huge leaps recently, so did the cost of ethanol.

With no monetary savings, why would consumers embrace ethanol? A clean environment is important, but so is cost at the tank. Also, many people are unsure whether they can use ethanol in their cars. I have been told that I could use 100% ethanol in my 1990 car, but today I read that this might put a strain on the car’s engine. No one seems to offer any clear information.

If the powers-that-be really want to clean up the envirnment they need to first lower the costs of ethanol as further incentive to get people off their gasoline dependency, and then create an advertising campaign that clearly explains ethanol and it’s benefits to the environment. Appeal to the heart AND the pocket book.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/09/24/biofuels-group-says-ethanol-could-numb-gas-price-bite/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Anonymous Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/09/24/biofuels-group-says-ethanol-could-numb-gas-price-bite/#comment-66 A failure of economic thinking is that the price of gas is determined by demand and supply and hence the government cannot do anything about the rising prices. I show that a tax can be so structured to reduce the price of gas received by foreign producers from $65 to $30, while providing the US economy a stimulus of over $100 billion a year. Additionally this would reduce gas consumption and global warming. Please read the complete article at: http://econstimulusgastax.blogspot.com/ and share with your friends. A failure of economic thinking is that the price of gas is determined by demand and supply and hence the government cannot do anything about the rising prices. I show that a tax can be so structured to reduce the price of gas received by foreign producers from $65 to $30, while providing the US economy a stimulus of over $100 billion a year. Additionally this would reduce gas consumption and global warming. Please read the complete article at: http://econstimulusgastax.blogspot.com/ and share with your friends.

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