Got plenty of Propane ?

notruffinit wrote:

Chris Bryant wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
A major reason for the propane shortage is that so much of it was used this year for corn drying for the production of ethanol. Yes, everyone is paying for this nonsense. Don't expect the news media to say much about this.

Umm, ethanol production has nothing to do with it. Harvested corn must be dried no matter what it will be used for.

Actually, corn used for ethanol requires no drying if is able to be stored in a high moisture storage facility. I know of farmers taking the crop directly to the ethanol plant without any drying and avoiding the expense of doing so.

I guess in a FREE enterprise system, one wouldn't grow somethimg that didn't have a market. The corn was produced to sell to ethanol plants. The government requires that product to be produced.

Only corn that can be processed right away would not need drying. Ethanol plants operate all year and need a supply that has not rotted.