JamesBailer
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In case anyone missed it the Wall Street Journal had a great front page article yesterday all about the problems with ethanol. It was called “Ethanol Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply.” The piece discussed many of the things Americans are concerned about: rising feed prices, over-use of precious water supplies and massive land use for corn growing.
Ethanol’s lead lobbying in Washington, Mr. Bob Dinneen was profiled and quoted extensively. He was trying to make it look like everyone is piling on him and blaming the country’s problems on ethanol. That’s not what’s going on—Americans just need some more concrete information and questions answered.
Most telling, Dinneen was quoted as saying “We’ve got to build the biggest, baddest coalition we can.” To me that seems like a very Washington approach to a debate—attack the critics if you don’t have the facts on your side to refute them.
Ethanol’s lead lobbying in Washington, Mr. Bob Dinneen was profiled and quoted extensively. He was trying to make it look like everyone is piling on him and blaming the country’s problems on ethanol. That’s not what’s going on—Americans just need some more concrete information and questions answered.
Most telling, Dinneen was quoted as saying “We’ve got to build the biggest, baddest coalition we can.” To me that seems like a very Washington approach to a debate—attack the critics if you don’t have the facts on your side to refute them.