Ethanol=Crop Burning

eastbay · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: Ethanol=Crop Burning

Now we all know about 10% ethanol which is spreading across America faster than the mortgage crisis... but now (as we read in PO.com news) we find that 10% ethanol isn't quite enough to keep all the gas wasting personal vehicles on the road.

So now it's been decided to take crop burning to a new level by doubling the amount of corn ethanol mixed with gasoline from 10% to 20%.

We all need to know where this is heading:

Less grain exports.
More soil depletion.
Faster aquifer depletion.
Higher prices for all grains.
Higher prices for all crops.
Deeper hunger in developing nations, especially Mexico.
Worsening pollution.
Worsening fuel efficiency.

But as our desperation to prove that the American way of life is not negotiable, where will this end up? Do we convert all our crops to fuel? How many people must starve before we stop this selfish crop burning? By 2010 30% of the US corn crop will be converted into ethanol. This is equal to twice Canada's total grain production.

This criminal madness is happening before our very eyes and no one seems to be doing anything to stop it.
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pstarr · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Ethanol=Crop Burning

eastbay · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Ethanol=Crop Burning

Yeah... me too pstarr. This fake 'green' ethanol bandwagon makes me ill.

And I'm glad to read you're doing what you can about this. I do read your postings on this. Others too. Now I want some elected officials to do the right thing and step up and say:

"This ethanol madness must stop! It's going to kill millions of people!"
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Fishman · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Ethanol=Crop Burning

eastbay
Your comment:
This ethanol madness must stop! It's going to kill millions of people
Could just as easily be
This high petroleum price madness must stop! It's going to kill millions of people
The two are the same.

eastbay · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Ethanol=Crop Burning

DomusAlbion · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Ethanol=Crop Burning

Gentlemen,

I mean no disrespect to any. However, I believe that you are howling against the wind. It will matter little at this point to try to mitigate against an inevitable future that was set in motion over 100 years ago. I would put the people that are trying to make the "bio-fuel" switch into the same category.

The simple truth is that we humans did what we did. We switched to a non-renewable energy resource and like good organisms in a favorable environment we multiplied. Now, that resource is nearing the down slope and when it descends the human population will follow that descent.

It is now just a matter of waiting for history to be played out.

"What is past is prologue."
-- The Tempest, William Shakespeare
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eastbay · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Ethanol=Crop Burning

Well said DA. I agree, of course, that it's just a matter of time before we're burning ourselves.

However, there's just something disgusting and rotten to the core about igniting peoples food so some ignorant gluttons can drive their SUV's and large personal vehicles a bit longer.

It creates an excessive amount of needless pain for so many. All to keep some heartless slobs driving around.
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