[Jongpil Yun]

Article is painfully retarded.

[bigheadood]

Originally Posted by Jongpil Yun

Article is painfully retarded.

+1

[noodles]

Originally Posted by Popsyche

The push for biofuel made from corn is getting a big push by lobbyists. there are more efficient plants to make fuel from but they lack the profitability to folks like ADM. Those corporate farms should produce these plants, even if they are subsidized.

Switchgrass grows readily, is easily cultivated and harvested, and makes a far more efficient fuel source. Corn is actually one of the most inefficient plants to make biofuels out of. Meanwhile, switchgrass can be grown in all the places that are currently unsuitable for pasture land.

Of course, our government doesn't actually want to solve the problem. They want to make the oil companies money, which is why the keep going the corn route. Eventually, there will be the throwing up of hands and exclamations of, "ethanol doesn't work, see, we tried."

[shadowgenesis]

Originally Posted by Drew

it's worth noting that it takes something like 18 pounds of corn to produce one pound of beef, so if we REALLY wanted to end world hunger, we should all switch to a vegetarian diet, so we can increase food production 18 fold.

i think i'm gonna put that on a t-shirt. thanks

Originally Posted by noodles

Switchgrass grows readily, is easily cultivated and harvested, and makes a far more efficient fuel source. Corn is actually one of the most inefficient plants to make biofuels out of. Meanwhile, switchgrass can be grown in all the places that are currently unsuitable for pasture land.

Of course, our government doesn't actually want to solve the problem. They want to make the oil companies money, which is why the keep going the corn route. Eventually, there will be the throwing up of hands and exclamations of, "ethanol doesn't work, see, we tried."

this is a really distressing subject to read about because everything you've just stated is completely true. I feel like i need to start taking more initiative as an individual to make a difference, but i don't know where to start.

[Popsyche]

Switchgrass! that's the stuff I read about! Screwit! Let's start growing our own!

[noodles]

You know the best thing about it, Bill? It will grow practically anywhere, for a good part of the year, without much water. It is the perfect stuff for fuel.

[Drew]

Don't get me wrong, shadowgenesis, I'm not going to quit eating beef anytime soon, but that's the one legitimate argument for a vegetarian lifestyle I've ever heard.

[Jongpil Yun]

I may listen to that argument when we have 11 or 12 billion people. As it stands, we have the potential for a huge food surplus.

[oompa]

as if adequate food production in the world isnt happening for any other reason than money? glah.

and as if adequate fuel production was any different.

/depressed.

something that is true in that article is "the world is sitting on the brink of a major food crisis".

this is of course because no one has yet found a way to make copious amounts of $$$ from feeding africa.

[noodles]

^ You hit the nail on the head. We don't look at human problems that we should act as a race to fix. We look at monetary problems and how we will afford to fix things, when the concept of money is completely fabricated.