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Ethanol An Expensive Green Technology
a: Ethanol ~
b: most "Green" technologies"
What: "Ethanol is like most of the rest of the "Green" technologies - uneconomic except at times of high prices - and thus a horrific investment unless you are gifted at playing the hype."
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Writer: farwest
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Date: Aug 8 2011 12:41 AM
# 1007 Critique Analogy
Ethanol is like an aging actor in a TV hit
a: ethanol ~
b: aging actor in a TV hit
What: "In some ways ethanol is like the aging actor who suddenly finds herself in a hit TV series with the press all abuzz as they proclaim her an "instant success." It only took thirty years of casting calls and bit parts to achieve "instant success.""
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Writer: mc
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Date: Nov 17 2011 11:28 PM
# 1411 Critique Analogy
Ethanol Is Like Famine-for-profit
a: Ethanol ~
b: famine-for-profit
What: "Actually corn ethanol is like famine-for-profit. It causes global food prices to rise above the cost many poor families can afford. Thats the EU has banned US ethanol. Thats why when ethanol production rose in the US a couple years back people in other countries (including Haiti) were reduced to eating "mud cakes" (literally what they sound like).
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Writer: polo
LCC: S
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Date: Nov 16 2011 11:30 AM
# 1485 Critique Analogy
ethanol is like deciding to never wear clothes
a: ethanol ~
b: deciding to never wear clothes
What: "I'm hard pressed to find anything that does not have some kind of benefit. Corn ethanol is like deciding to never wear clothes. The negatives overwhelm the benefits (whatever they might be)."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Nov 16 2011 11:38 AM
# 1487 Critique Analogy
Ethanol Is Like Duke Basketball
a: Ethanol ~
b: Duke basketball
What: "Ethanol is like Duke basketball - it brings together all sorts of people in opposition. Its environmental downsides are large, it depends entirely on government subsidies, and it makes food more expensive." A discussion of the strange bed fellows that ethanol mandates have created.
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Writer: Timothy P. Carney
LCC: S
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 16 2011 11:42 AM
# 1488 Critique Analogy
Ethanol Is Like A Credit Default Swap
a: Ethanol ~
b: a credit default swap
What: "Ethanol is like a credit default swap in my mind - put out there as a viable product, with no thought about the aftermath - just gettting as much money out of it while the going's good. "
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Writer: Carolynn
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Date: Nov 16 2011 11:44 AM
# 1489 Critique Analogy
Ethanol as draining lakes to build stuff
a: ethanol ~
b: draining freshwater lakes to build parks
What: "On the modern farm, it's more likely mechanized tillers, harvesters and the like, machines that require fuel to run. Then, there's fertilizer. Using petroleum products to grow crops for conversion to ethanol is like draining freshwater lakes and streams and building amusement parks."
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Writer: S-I-N-S
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Date: Nov 16 2011 11:48 AM
# 1490 Critique Analogy
Bio Ethanol is like kissing a brick wall
a: Ethanol ~
b: kissing a brick wall
What: "Unfortunately the "ethanol scam" doesn't fit within the "save the environment" narrative. Pointing out all those inconvenient facts about ethanol is like kissing a brick wall. The wall doesn't care and you just get dirt in your mouth."
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Writer: JoeC
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Date: Nov 16 2011 11:52 AM
# 1491 Critique Analogy
Ethanol is like the Methadone of oil
a: Ethanol ~
b: the Methadone of oil
What: "Ethanol is like the Methadone of oil. It is a short-term (decades) substitute that can help fight our foreign-oil addiction. I am very pleased we are finally getting to cost-effective cellulosic production. The idea of turning food into fuel just seems wrong."
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Writer: mcnabney
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Date: Nov 16 2011 11:53 AM
# 1492 Critique Analogy
Fermented Gasohol
a: Ethanol fuel ~
b: going through your ass to get to your elbow
What: A comment on how inefficient bio based ethanol actually is. There is actually a loss of energy when producing ethanol by fermenting corn. This is 1 of the reasons why food prices have climbed so much in the last year or two.
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Writer: Bread and Circus
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Date: Feb 7 2012 9:20 PM
# 1668 Critique Analogy
Ethanol subsidies
a: Ethanol subsidy ~
b: rail subsidy
What: "Ethanol subsidies are like rail subsidies - they distort market forces and cause more problems than they solve."
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Writer: dirtboy
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Date: Dec 13 2010 3:11 AM
# 711 Critique Analogy
Bio Ethanol As Laetrile For Cars
a: Bio ethanol fuel ~
b: laetrile for cars
What: "Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) gave a disoriented "Apollo project" speech about ethanol and "flex-fuels" at the Detroit Economic Club May 1. Proposing an Apollo Project for ethanol fuel, is like proposing an Apollo Project for laetrile as a cancer treatment; ethanol might as well be laetrile for cars."
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Writer: Paul Gallagher
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Date: Feb 7 2012 9:13 PM
# 1666 Critique Analogy
Ethanol Subsidies
a: Ethanol subsidies ~
b: steroids driving industrial agriculture
What: " Ethanol subsidies are like steroids driving industrial agriculture, creating artificial energy and profits for a few on the backs of the many. Visit the Peoria Journal Star at PJStar.com for more information."
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Writer: Nicholas E. Hollis
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Date: Dec 13 2010 3:16 AM
# 712 Critique Analogy
Inefficent Extraction
a: Crop ethanol fuel ~
b: using natural gas to do tar sands extraction
What: "Converting crops to ethanol fuel is like using natural gas to extract heavy bitumen from tar sands - you are using up a "good" thing to produce a poor or mediocre substitute. The special interest groups are too interested in getting a chunk of cash for themselves to worry about the common good. We should always follow the carpenter's maxim of measuring twice before we cut once."
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Writer: Woodwose
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 7 2012 9:15 PM
# 1667 Critique Analogy
Corn Ethanol Is The Dumbest Kid In The Class
a: Using ethanol for fuel ~
b: electing the dumbest kid in school as class president
What: He starts by attacking the use of corn-based ethanol in the U.S., commenting, "That's the first law of Disney at work--wishing will make it so. Using ethanol for fuel is like electing the dumbest kid in school as class president."
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Writer: Bill Reinert
LCC: S
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Date: Aug 8 2011 12:29 AM
# 1004 Critique Analogy
Ethanol Is Like The Filet Mignon Of Fuels..
a: Using ethanol for fuel ~
b: stretching your hamburger supplies with Filet Mignon
What: "As was said waaaay back in the 70's when ethanol first started to appear in motor fuels, "stretching your fuel supplies by using ethanol is like stretching your hamburger supplies with Filet Mignon.".........
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Writer: Brett66
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Date: Aug 8 2011 12:32 AM
# 1005 Critique Analogy
Corn Ethanol 3 gallons gas=4 gallons EtOH
a: Corn Ethanol 3 gallons gas ~
b: 4 gallons EtOH
What: "Not to mention the overwhelming amount of water that it takes to produce. It has been said, the net effect of ethanol, is like using 3 gallons of gasoline to produce 4 gallons of ethanol. This is absolutely ridiculous and makes absolutely no sense!!"
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Writer: Adam Wilkinson
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Date: Aug 8 2011 12:26 AM
# 1003 Critique Analogy
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