Ethanol racket seeks US bailout in spite of promotional assistance by MLB

• Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell, MLB's Tim Brosnan, Chevy official Ed Peper, 2006 Fan Fest

The ethanol racket seeks US taxpayer bailout on top of existing taxpayer subsidies. Its major companies such as VeraSun are either bankrupt or on the verge

• including Al Gore's trumpeted Altra Biofuels.

Ethanol has already robbed US taxpayers of millions, much of it transferred to 'green' funds, caused global starvation and displacement. Credit also to Hollywood, the US MEDIA, the UN, the Nobel committee, etc.,

• who bullied this scheme and ridiculed non 'believers.'

Even the nation's children were used as sales aids again at taxpayer expense (forced to view Al Gore's movie). An MLB executive cited proof for the existence of man-made global warming as

• children coming home and telling their parents it is so (end of article).

GM went along, produced some ethanol using cars which MLB promoted (as part of its global warming alarmism). MLB was on the front line of the ethanol bully pulpit.

• 7/10/06: "At this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Chevrolet and MLB will engage consumers on the importance of E85 ethanol as an alternative fuel during a series of promotional events."

• Chevrolet and MLB use 2008 Roberto Clemente Award to promote ethanol use.

(WSJ.com, 12/24/08): "Don't expect Congress to listen. Ethanol may never be profitable in the real world, but in Washington it's a lucrative business that provides jobs and votes. Like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ethanol is a business created by Congress that now has to be bailed out to save Congress from embarrassment."

• Biodiesel-fueled bus stalls on cold night, biofuel congeals.

• 7/23/08, Penna. Gov. Ed Rendell now backing off ethanol

• 8/7/08, The consequence of passivity

photo from gm.com

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