06-15-2008, 05:59 PM
True enough, GJC. For some reason in the US, they are using corn (you probably call it maize) to make ethanol, but sugar cane is a much better source. I'm not sure the motivation, but if I won the lottery, I'd buy land in S. Texas and plant sugar cane and build a small plant to convert it to ethanol, and sell it to the fuel producers. Ought to be able to undercut the corn-source price.
Anyway, I saw diesel for sale today for 4.50 USD per gallon. Once upon a time, diesel was half the price of gasoline. Now it's more expensive. Must be a reason somewhere, but I am not an oil production exec/accountant, so I don't know what provoked the change. Those fuel expenses have to be passed on to the people receiving the boxes. Even UPS has a "fuel surcharge" fee put on each parcel shipped. Oh, well. We pay or we walk. It's still cheaper to send a box than to hand deliver it 1000 miles away.
Anyway, I saw diesel for sale today for 4.50 USD per gallon. Once upon a time, diesel was half the price of gasoline. Now it's more expensive. Must be a reason somewhere, but I am not an oil production exec/accountant, so I don't know what provoked the change. Those fuel expenses have to be passed on to the people receiving the boxes. Even UPS has a "fuel surcharge" fee put on each parcel shipped. Oh, well. We pay or we walk. It's still cheaper to send a box than to hand deliver it 1000 miles away.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.