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Every step of the way Arnold has shown himself to be a naive amateur.
"California’s energy commission has promised millions of dollars to a struggling corn ethanol business founded by a political ally and generous campaign contributor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger despite public assurances that the commission’s environmental funds would not be used to subsidize that technology.
The money comes from a tax on car owners passed three years ago that goes to a fund for clean-energy technologies. When the fund was set up, its backers said it would not be used for corn ethanol, a decades-old gas additive that many environmental scientists argue is at least as bad for the planet as oil."
The worst part is that he is doing it for a friend.
"Pacific Ethanol, the largest of four companies’ eligible for up to $15 million in new subsidies offered under the program, was founded by former California Secretary of State Bill Jones, a fixture in the state Republican Party who has given nearly $70,000 to Schwarzeneggers campaigns, state records show.
Jones himself, one of the few statewide Republicans elected in the last two decades, long has been a recipient of federal farm subsidies. And while in the Legislature back in 1991, he provided the key vote for passing Gov. Pete Wilsons tax increases."
Even the Democrats understand ethanol is not needed or wanted. "Speaker Fabian Nu? who wrote the bill that created the Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, said... Ethanol is yesterday’s news. It seems like there’s some inside deal going on.
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"California’s energy commission has promised millions of dollars to a struggling corn ethanol business founded by a political ally and generous campaign contributor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger despite public assurances that the commission’s environmental funds would not be used to subsidize that technology.
The money comes from a tax on car owners passed three years ago that goes to a fund for clean-energy technologies. When the fund was set up, its backers said it would not be used for corn ethanol, a decades-old gas additive that many environmental scientists argue is at least as bad for the planet as oil."
The worst part is that he is doing it for a friend.
"Pacific Ethanol, the largest of four companies’ eligible for up to $15 million in new subsidies offered under the program, was founded by former California Secretary of State Bill Jones, a fixture in the state Republican Party who has given nearly $70,000 to Schwarzeneggers campaigns, state records show.
Jones himself, one of the few statewide Republicans elected in the last two decades, long has been a recipient of federal farm subsidies. And while in the Legislature back in 1991, he provided the key vote for passing Gov. Pete Wilsons tax increases."
Even the Democrats understand ethanol is not needed or wanted. "Speaker Fabian Nu? who wrote the bill that created the Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, said... Ethanol is yesterday’s news. It seems like there’s some inside deal going on.
You think?
More...