should the ethanol in fuel mandate be waived due to the drought

Dixie said:
Really? You know a lot about farming, do you? So... running those big tractors and combines all day, to plow, plant, and harvest the wheat, they don't cost money to run? The employees who run them...they don't get paid a decent wage? How about the person who transports the wheat to the silo, or the cost of maintaining the silo? Is that free? Farmer sells the wheat to someone who grinds wheat into flour... doesn't it take some energy source to grind the flour? Is that free? What about the labor to grind the flour, keep the machines working, and ensure they are properly cleaned and meet FDA regulations? Doesn't cost a thing to do that, I am sure! Now, the flour has to go in something to contain it... bags or whatever, but these have to be produced by someone in a factory that makes the bags... do they get paid? Does the company provide their insurance and benefits? They had to buy the paper and glue to make the bags, so I doubt they can provide them for free, especially since they have employees to pay and such. But we're only part of the way there! Then the bags of flour are sold to someone who bakes bread. They have to be transported somehow, is that done for free? Does the truck driver have company-paid insurance and benefits? And speaking of the truck, does it cost money to maintain and operate? Who bought the truck? Did the truck have to meet certain federal health guidelines because it was handling a consumable good? Who paid the cost of compliance? Who pays for the fuel, maintenance, insurance? So now we're at the bakery, and the flour is added to other ingredients... did those cost money? Are the employees who mix the ingredients compensated? Does their employer provide health insurance and benefits? Does the facility where ingredients are mixed, have to pass health inspections? Who pays for compliance? So the loaf is baked using some form of energy... where does it come from, and is it free? You can't just sell a naked loaf of bread, it has to go in something, usually a bag... that has to also be produced by people, who work at a factory, which has costs of running and maintaining, with employees who get paid with benefits and insurance. The bags, since they will contain food, have to meet all kinds of government regulations, who pays for compliance? Then we have to pay someone to put the bread in the bags, then someone to transport the bread to distribution centers, which also have to be maintained and meet health regulations, who pays all this cost, Apple? We're not even to the store with the bread yet, there are still several more steps in the process. But the point is made, you can't do it for 5 cents a loaf! It's not possible!

HOW ABOUT ANSWERING SOME OF THESE GODDAMN QUESTIONS, MORON?
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I wrote,
Look at the amount of wheat grown. A loaf of bread should be 5 cents! (While that’s a bit of an exaggeration I’m sure some right wing nut will place that statement in their signature line.)
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It was an exaggeration. An overstatement. An embellishment. An amplification.

Are you OK now?
 
PostmodernProphet said:
you know me.....always ready to jump in when you say something really, really stupid....
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It was an exaggeration. An overstatement. An embellishment. An amplification.

You can relax. I even made note of it in my post but you and Dix just couldn't help yourselves.

Most unfortunate. :(
 
apple0154 said:
Fundamentalists tend to take things too literal. I'll have to remember that.
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You've been schooled again Appleseed 4 brains.....give it up.


That said, ethonal should not be required in our fuel at all.....its hurts the enviourment, its more expensive and adds to the cost of autos....
It was a stupid idea and Bush should have stopped it way back when.
 
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bravo said:
You've been schooled again Appleseed 4 brains.....give it up.


That said, ethonal should not be required in our fuel at all.....its hurts the enviourment, its more expensive and adds to the cost of autos....
It was a stupid idea and Bush should have stopped it way back when.
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I agree. I told you ethanol is destructive to classic cars and I have two.

As for being schooled when it comes to Fundamentalists I'll be the first to admit I have no idea how those looneys think or even if they do.
 
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