Comments on: E85 Boondoggle Of The Day: Burn Baby Burn! http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/e85-boondoggle-of-the-day-burn-baby-burn/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:22:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Theodore http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/e85-boondoggle-of-the-day-burn-baby-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-890851 Theodore Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=125501#comment-890851 The article doesn't say that Norfolk Southern is blaming city officials for failure to communicate, it says that city officials are blaming each other and themselves for failure to communicate. The railroad did what it was supposed to - it notified the city of what was going to happen. If the city was slow to take the appropriate precautions, that's on the city. NS should have been checking to make sure the city was doing its job - and they may very well have done so - but NS can't be expected to hold the city's hand, either. The article doesn’t say that Norfolk Southern is blaming city officials for failure to communicate, it says that city officials are blaming each other and themselves for failure to communicate. The railroad did what it was supposed to – it notified the city of what was going to happen. If the city was slow to take the appropriate precautions, that’s on the city. NS should have been checking to make sure the city was doing its job – and they may very well have done so – but NS can’t be expected to hold the city’s hand, either.

]]> By: AJ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/e85-boondoggle-of-the-day-burn-baby-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-890301 AJ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:54:43 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=125501#comment-890301 Think of the carbon footprint of those ethanol fires! <em>Please, someone save the children!</em> Really... unfortunately ethanol is not about solving our energy needs <em>(if so, why the tariffs on cheap sugar-based ethanol from Brazil?)</em>. It seems that American ethanol is more about government hand-outs and vote buying in corn growing states (my own included), and as well taking advantage politically of creating higher food prices. Of course with oil prices coming down, it must be those evil oil companies in a plot to keep us all hooked on oil! <em>Again, save the children!</em> Think of the carbon footprint of those ethanol fires! Please, someone save the children!

Really… unfortunately ethanol is not about solving our energy needs (if so, why the tariffs on cheap sugar-based ethanol from Brazil?). It seems that American ethanol is more about government hand-outs and vote buying in corn growing states (my own included), and as well taking advantage politically of creating higher food prices.

Of course with oil prices coming down, it must be those evil oil companies in a plot to keep us all hooked on oil! Again, save the children!

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