Food vs. Fuel

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  Posted By: uucat @ 12/18/2007 3:47:11 PM

  DKNY: The ecological movement, if thats what you mean by 'treehuggers' have been pushing for Ethanol made from agricultural waste products, not edible corn. The Bush administration and the corporate agriculture its aligned with, such as ADM, are the ones who have been pushing for this food vs fuel form of ethanol production, and not because the don't know about economics, but because their economic plans only serve themselves.

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  Posted By: flyeagle @ 12/18/2007 11:28:41 AM

  Thre is no balance between both side and the lack of farsightness is deffently lacking in planning food production and alternate energy production. In orhter words lack of common sense.

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  Posted By: DKNY @ 12/16/2007 1:28:30 AM

  It doesn't take an economist to understand that corn-based ethanol is a ridiculous idea. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, we decided to listen only to the tree-huggers, and not to people who have a clue about economics. Corn-based ethanol is an inefficient solution and will get us nowhere near where we need to be in terms of alternative fuels. In the end, it will cause higher prices for food, and it will fool farmers into building expensive infrastructure for corn-based ethanol, which will ultimately be unused.