http://kirkcaraway.com/23/07/2008/ethanol_vs_livestock_debate_heats_up Comments for "Ethanol vs. Livestock debate heats up" en http://kirkcaraway.com/23/07/2008/ethanol_vs_livestock_debate_heats_up <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/23ethanol.html?_r=1&amp;hp=&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1216828967-eTNMqnb9aZUDyfWPBCqQ7A">Even Texas Republicans are starting to grumble:</a></p> <blockquote><p> Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily waive regulations requiring the oil industry to blend ever-increasing amounts of ethanol into gasoline. A decision is expected in the next few weeks.</p> <p>Mr. Perry says the billions of bushels of corn being used to produce all that mandated ethanol would be better suited as livestock feed than as fuel.</p> <p>Feed prices have soared in the last two years as fuel has begun competing with food for cropland.</p> <p>“When you find yourself in a hole, you have to quit digging,” Mr. Perry said in an interview. “And we are in a hole.”</p></blockquote> http://kirkcaraway.com/23/07/2008/ethanol_vs_livestock_debate_heats_up#comments energy Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:05:07 -0700 kc 744 at http://kirkcaraway.com