Re: Radio "Ad" Rips Green on Ethanol
I am still fighting off this flu, but I will try to make a coherent statement.
I think Kevin is misunderstanding the strong reaction against a bad decision that Green has taken, for some sort of joy to attack Green. I don't take pleasure in going after Green, until he announced that he would support the ethanol mandate, I was truly split on who to vote for. To be honest, I was leaning toward Green for a selfish reason. If Walker is elected, Milwaukee County will be left in the hands of the likes of Lee Holloway and that is a scary thought.
But with Green deciding that it is acceptable to use the coercive power of the government to force consumers to purchase and use an inferior product that is more expensive, less efficient, and when given the choice, they chose not to use, this is unacceptable to me. Forcing consumers to use a product that they don't want smacks of socialism to me. NO, I am not calling Green a socialist, what I am saying is this is not an acceptable stance for a Conservative/Free Market supporter to take.
I don't care who Green is or is not getting his money from, I will not support someone that is trying to force the entire state to use a product that we in S/E Wisconsin have been fighting to get rid of for years, and since we are finally making some progress with the EPA lifting requirements on reformulated gas, some leaders in this state are working to thwart those efforts.
Just a quick comment on not understanding rural points of view. I come from a farming family, one in the Black River Falls area (corn/wheat) and one in the Coon Valley area (tobacco and dairy). I can also tell you from personal experience with my family, farmers are by nature, frugal people. Try to tell my grandfather a few years ago when he was still farming, that he would be forced to use a fuel that costs more per gallon, gets less mileage per gallon and this means that he would have to buy more fuel per year. Then add that he would have storage problems because of the fact that ethanol evaporates and loses octane much faster than gasoline (farmers generally buy fuel in large quantities). I can hear his big booming voice ringing loud and clear, "Bull S%#t!"
Yes, a lot of corn farmers are supporting this, but it will be to the detriment of the entire state. In the long run, it will also hurt Wisconsin farmers since ethanol being made from other sources are being produced much cheaper. This legislation will harm us for many years to come, so it must be stopped before it is to late.
Another thing I fear about Green's stance is, if he is willing to support this mandate, what will be the next mandate he supports? Mandates are bad, if a product is better, then people will want to use it, they will even demand that they be allowed to use it, they will not need the coercive force of government to force people to use it.
I think Kevin is misunderstanding the strong reaction against a bad decision that Green has taken, for some sort of joy to attack Green. I don't take pleasure in going after Green, until he announced that he would support the ethanol mandate, I was truly split on who to vote for. To be honest, I was leaning toward Green for a selfish reason. If Walker is elected, Milwaukee County will be left in the hands of the likes of Lee Holloway and that is a scary thought.
But with Green deciding that it is acceptable to use the coercive power of the government to force consumers to purchase and use an inferior product that is more expensive, less efficient, and when given the choice, they chose not to use, this is unacceptable to me. Forcing consumers to use a product that they don't want smacks of socialism to me. NO, I am not calling Green a socialist, what I am saying is this is not an acceptable stance for a Conservative/Free Market supporter to take.
I don't care who Green is or is not getting his money from, I will not support someone that is trying to force the entire state to use a product that we in S/E Wisconsin have been fighting to get rid of for years, and since we are finally making some progress with the EPA lifting requirements on reformulated gas, some leaders in this state are working to thwart those efforts.
Just a quick comment on not understanding rural points of view. I come from a farming family, one in the Black River Falls area (corn/wheat) and one in the Coon Valley area (tobacco and dairy). I can also tell you from personal experience with my family, farmers are by nature, frugal people. Try to tell my grandfather a few years ago when he was still farming, that he would be forced to use a fuel that costs more per gallon, gets less mileage per gallon and this means that he would have to buy more fuel per year. Then add that he would have storage problems because of the fact that ethanol evaporates and loses octane much faster than gasoline (farmers generally buy fuel in large quantities). I can hear his big booming voice ringing loud and clear, "Bull S%#t!"
Yes, a lot of corn farmers are supporting this, but it will be to the detriment of the entire state. In the long run, it will also hurt Wisconsin farmers since ethanol being made from other sources are being produced much cheaper. This legislation will harm us for many years to come, so it must be stopped before it is to late.
Another thing I fear about Green's stance is, if he is willing to support this mandate, what will be the next mandate he supports? Mandates are bad, if a product is better, then people will want to use it, they will even demand that they be allowed to use it, they will not need the coercive force of government to force people to use it.
posted by Patrick @ 2:40 PM
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