Federal Mandated Use of Ethanol is Stupid

[mfischer2]

If the eco media..

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2008 ... -28-03.asp

And the capitalist media..

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ ... 225336.htm

can agree this is stupid, why are we still doing this and why will be doing even more over the next 4 years?

Because we still let farmers vote, unfortunately...

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

Stock up on your tequila now. Agave farmers are plowing up their fields so they can grow corn.

[Field]

As more corn is being diverted from the food supply, we are probably going to have famine in the poorer countries, because they won't be able to afford food. Millions will die from starvation, but the folks at Archer Daniels Midland will be raking in so much profit, they will look like an oil company.

This is going on the feelings calendar.

cool! the increasing demand for oil from those developing countries is driving up the price of gas, make gas out of their food and they'll starve and not need oil

genius

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

I hadn't considered it from that angle. Al Gore is a genius! He's wiping out all the third world countries! More resources for us! Yay!

[bcmaui]

If the eco media..

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2008 ... -28-03.asp

And the capitalist media..

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ ... 225336.htm

can agree this is stupid, why are we still doing this and why will be doing even more over the next 4 years?

Because we still let farmers vote, unfortunately...

And before we gave women the right to vote there was no Prohibition or personal income taxes....