Sunday, April 30, 2006

Good Oil/Food Oil

Good Oil: $0.25 per gallon gasoline, initial production cost
Food Oil: $2.95 per gallon taxes, costing me my lunch money

Have you guys heard of TDK? I'm not sure I have the letters correct, but I was listening to talk radio on the way into work today. "TDK" is a chemical used in the enhancement of gasoline and it works much in the same fashion as ethenol. However, months (or was it years) back aways a TDK spill occurred and the harmful-if-swallowed chemical ended up in someone's water supply. The company that produces TDK did not own the faulty storage units, nor did they maintain them, nor did they have any say in the State-to-Privatized enviornmental handshakes that cut corners and enabled the spill. However, the TDK producer was sued (ofcourse it being the wealthiest of involved entities!), found at fault, and has been nearly bankrupted, not to mention dragged through mud so thick that the pressure hose of time may not be enough to revive the company in order to tame the Ethenol company's death grip on the fuel efficient near future. Iowan corn growers are happy.

Peace and Love,
Mungo