1. Laborers will be abused whenever they do not have alternatives. Ethanol has nothing to do with it.
2. Ethanol has little to do with nitrogen going down the Mississippi. It has been doing that for decades. We need a way to utilize the nitrogen rich water in local lakes here in the Midwest. Possibly algae farms to make biodiesel. Or a way to extract the nitrogen and sell it back to the farmers.
3. The corn or soybeans will be grown regardless of what anyone thinks. It is presently used primarily for animal feed. Not to feed people. It takes eight pounds of feed to produce one pound of flesh. I am no vegetarian, but too much flesh is not good for us. Obesity is a far greater problem than starvation worldwide. The highest bidder deserves the corn and soybeans. If the rich choose to buy it for the poor, that is good, so long as the population is controlled.
4. Cellulosic ethanol will eventually take over, and millions of acres of wasteland can be growing beautiful crops of mixed grasses, with winmills and solar panels interspersed.
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Submitted on July 27th, 2007 by InterestedReader1. Laborers will be abused whenever they do not have alternatives. Ethanol has nothing to do with it.
2. Ethanol has little to do with nitrogen going down the Mississippi. It has been doing that for decades. We need a way to utilize the nitrogen rich water in local lakes here in the Midwest. Possibly algae farms to make biodiesel. Or a way to extract the nitrogen and sell it back to the farmers.
3. The corn or soybeans will be grown regardless of what anyone thinks. It is presently used primarily for animal feed. Not to feed people. It takes eight pounds of feed to produce one pound of flesh. I am no vegetarian, but too much flesh is not good for us. Obesity is a far greater problem than starvation worldwide. The highest bidder deserves the corn and soybeans. If the rich choose to buy it for the poor, that is good, so long as the population is controlled.
4. Cellulosic ethanol will eventually take over, and millions of acres of wasteland can be growing beautiful crops of mixed grasses, with winmills and solar panels interspersed.
All the best,
Ron Wagner