Comments on: Iowa Closer to Biodiesel Mandate http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/iowa-closer-to-biodiesel-mandate/ Alternative Fuel News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Buck Slocombe http://domesticfuel.com/2010/02/04/iowa-closer-to-biodiesel-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-118743 Buck Slocombe Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:05:11 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=21985#comment-118743 <i>“The hog producers in this state are being ravaged right now, but we’re not in here mandating eating bacon,” [Republican Erik Helland of Grimes] said.</i> I'd say Erik Helland makes a good point. Why is the solution to biofuels always mandates? Can't they ever stand on their own as simply a good product? There are all kinds of goods that people could sell profitably if they could just get a law passed making them mandatory. But is that how a free-market economy is supposed to work? “The hog producers in this state are being ravaged right now, but we’re not in here mandating eating bacon,” [Republican Erik Helland of Grimes] said.

I’d say Erik Helland makes a good point. Why is the solution to biofuels always mandates? Can’t they ever stand on their own as simply a good product?

There are all kinds of goods that people could sell profitably if they could just get a law passed making them mandatory. But is that how a free-market economy is supposed to work?

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