Comments on: Mexico Opposes Ethanol http://www.landreport.com/2008/06/mexico-opposes-ethanol/ The Magazine of the American Landowner Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Eric OKeefe http://www.landreport.com/2008/06/mexico-opposes-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Eric OKeefe Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:30:11 +0000 http://www.landreport.com/?p=226#comment-43 You bring up an excellent point, Brock. Everywhere I turn, people are assigning blame to producers, to oil companies, to OPEC - to anyone but ourselves. We use one-quarter of the world's oil, and 70 percent goes into cars and trucks. Why hasn't Detroit stepped up to the plate and shown any leadership by getting more fuel-efficient cars on the market decades ago? You want to know the real reason why Toyota and Honda continue to gain U.S. market share? Their workers aren't any better. I say that as the proud owner of Chevy Tahoe manufactured in Arlington, Texas. The reason their market share continues to increase is because Japan has no domestic oil industry. They have to be fuel efficient. Now that American consumers are making the same demands, the Japanese auto manufacturers are cleaning up. As usual, who will be showing up late to the dance? The Big Three - if they're still around. You bring up an excellent point, Brock. Everywhere I turn, people are assigning blame to producers, to oil companies, to OPEC – to anyone but ourselves. We use one-quarter of the world’s oil, and 70 percent goes into cars and trucks. Why hasn’t Detroit stepped up to the plate and shown any leadership by getting more fuel-efficient cars on the market decades ago?

You want to know the real reason why Toyota and Honda continue to gain U.S. market share? Their workers aren’t any better. I say that as the proud owner of Chevy Tahoe manufactured in Arlington, Texas. The reason their market share continues to increase is because Japan has no domestic oil industry. They have to be fuel efficient. Now that American consumers are making the same demands, the Japanese auto manufacturers are cleaning up.

As usual, who will be showing up late to the dance? The Big Three – if they’re still around.

]]> By: Brock Fletcher http://www.landreport.com/2008/06/mexico-opposes-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Brock Fletcher Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:58:45 +0000 http://www.landreport.com/?p=226#comment-39 We are putting to much pressure on ethanol as a viable solution to the energy crunch. We could never grow enough corn to replace traditional fossil fuels. Mean while we're putting more and more pressure on our livestock produces to keep us feed at reasonable food prices. Let's give the farmers a break and put more pressure on the Automobile industry to build fuel efficient automobiles. We are putting to much pressure on ethanol as a viable solution to the energy crunch. We could never grow enough corn to replace traditional fossil fuels. Mean while we’re putting more and more pressure on our livestock produces to keep us feed at reasonable food prices. Let’s give the farmers a break and put more pressure on the Automobile industry to build fuel efficient automobiles.

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