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Aug. 11, 2008

Get a Grip - Part Two

Now for the second part of this little rant. As if the poor reporting about ethanol by NPR was not enough to keep me lit up all day another report about our friends at Monsanto comes out as well.

Monsanto is in the courts again. This time they are after the dairy industry..» Read blog

 

     BIO
Aug. 05, 2008

Get a Grip - Part One

In the past I have been chided for some of my blogs being “divisive” or “too political”. Well hold on to your hats folks because today I am just flat
pissed off!!!!

I will start with an NPR report I heard earlier this week. The report referenced the state of Texas requesting a waiver from the federal government on the requirement to use ethanol in their fuel..» Read blog

 

     BIO
Jul. 27, 2008

Sarah Steelman's Misleading Ads

More on: ethanol,   Sarah Steelman,   Missouri,   low gas prices  

I used to really respect Sarah Steelman.

I thought her stand against the insurance company hornswoggle known as "tort reform" was a tremendous, courageous stand.

But unfortunately, her latest (and silliest) ad in her grab to be Missouri's next governor has unmasked her as another politician willing to trade sides for no reason at all, other than supporting the sentiment of the moment..» Read blog

 

     BIO
May. 26, 2008

Corn-fused

Ally Klimkoski  All blogs by Ally Klimkoski
More on: corn,   use of corn for ethanol,   causes of rise in food prices 

For the past few weeks news sources have talked about the dangerous influence alternative fuels have on our cost of food.

"The recent rise in corn prices -- almost 70 percent in the past six months --caused by the increased demand for ethanol biofuel has come much sooner than many agriculture economists had expected..» Read blog

 

     BIO
May. 18, 2008

Acres

Over the past year there have been some fascinating conversations about the promise of ethanol. Within that same twelve-month period we have seen many organizations start crying out against the production of ethanol from corn.

Corn-based ethanol in the US has been labeled as a crime against humanity by some..» Read blog

 

     BIO
Apr. 28, 2008

Boneheads on parade

Jean Ziegler of the United Nation’s Right to Food Program has claimed that biofuels are a crime against humanity. Ziegler has called for a global five year moratorium on the production of biofuels to avert what he is calling a growing "catastrophe" for the poor..» Read blog

 

     BIO
Apr. 27, 2008

Biodiesel is Not The Problem

More on: biodiesel,   food crisis,   ethanol 

Biodiesel is NOT adding to any food crisis.

Let me repeat that: Biodiesel is NOT adding to any food crisis.

Biodiesel is very different from ethanol, yet both are often lumped together as "biofuels". Their impact is drastically different..» Read blog

 

     BIO
Dec. 26, 2007

Food vs. Fuel

Lets start with the obvious: There are people starving all over the world. They are not starving because the earth cannot produce enough food to feed everyone, at least not yet. They are not starving because corn is being used to make ethanol or soy oil going into biodiesel..» Read blog

 
 
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