Viv Forbes, “Deek factor,” The Weekend Australian,
October 29-30, 1988, p. 22, as a letter to the editor.

We in Queensland are being told that the production of ethanol from sugar cane is economic, providing it doesn’t have to pay the same federal taxes as its competitor, the oil industry.

That is like me saying I could outrun Robert de Castella providing Deek is forced to push a barrow full of bureaucrats. In a fair field, with no favours, I suspect neither I nor ethanol would get any backers.

VIV FORBES
Sherwood, Qld