Milloy Responds to Shrill Claims of Ethanol Lobbyists

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Speaking to the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit taking place in Washington DC, Renewable Fuels Association president Bob Dinneen issued a statement which may be read here: http://www.grainnet.com/articles/RFA_President_Dineen_Says_America_s_Energy_Future_at _Crossroads_-49511.html.

Rather than addressing issues such as rising processed food prices due to grain price increases, rising meat prices due to grain price hikes, water pollution caused by increased pesticide and fertilizer use, soil erosion and taxpayer concerns about rising subsidies, Mr. Dinneen chose to attack the “nattering nabobs of negativity” who voice legitimate concerns about his industry’s agenda.

Steve Milloy, publisher of JunkScience.com, remarked that, “We acknowledge that stupid subsidies exist, they are pork and pork is part of politics. We understand that even if we don’t like it. Ethanol advocates declare in the most sanctimonious manner imaginable that ethanol isn’t pork, that it is, in fact, the morally, socially, economically, environmentally-sound fuel of the future. They verge on hysteria when they tell you about the so-called Brazilian miracle, which actually boils down to fueling cheap, tiny cars in 2 Brazilian cities. They become apoplectic over the carbon imprint of gasoline, conveniently forgetting how much fossil fuel is needed to produce their miracle fuel. They sold ethanol to the public not as pork, but as the fuel that will transform industrial economies and make the world a better place. Now, Bob Dinneen of the Renewable Fuels Association is on the verge of a hissy fit demanding governmental protection and financial assistance to protect his lobby from an ‘insidious campaign’ by his critics. Dinneen doesn’t understand that when you change the image of a product from pork to a marketable item, the marketplace decides what to do with it. He needs to calm down, stop the rent-seeking and convince Wall Street that ethanol isn’t an organic black hole.”

Steven J. Milloy is the founder and publisher of DemandDebate.com, JunkScience.com and CSRwatch.com; an investment adviser to the Free Enterprise Action Fund; and a columnist for FoxNews.com.

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