Global Warming or Global Starvation

MrLabGuy · #1 04-25-2008, 01:17 PM

Nice going Al Gore.

“It takes around 400 pounds of corn to make 25 gallons of ethanol,” Mr. Senauer, also an applied economics professor at Minnesota, said. “It’s not going to be a very good diet but that’s roughly enough to keep an adult person alive for a year.”

http://www.nysun.com/news/food-crisi...climate-change

I had no idea it took that much corn to produce so little bio-fuel. No wonder farmers need Government subsidies to produce these fuels.

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Michelle · #2 04-25-2008, 01:18 PM

MLG -- LET GO OF THE MOUSE! STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

MrLabGuy · #3 04-25-2008, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Michelle

MLG -- LET GO OF THE MOUSE! STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

You have a point Michelle. No more news for me this morning or I might have to cut back on my caffeine intake.

E61Silver · #4 04-25-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLabGuy

Nice going Al Gore.

“It takes around 400 pounds of corn to make 25 gallons of ethanol,” Mr. Senauer, also an applied economics professor at Minnesota, said. “It’s not going to be a very good diet but that’s roughly enough to keep an adult person alive for a year.”

http://www.nysun.com/news/food-crisi...climate-change

I had no idea it took that much corn to produce so little bio-fuel. No wonder farmers need Government subsidies to produce these fuels.

I heard it claimed that when you consider the oil used to produce and transport the corn and convert it to ethanol, there is not net gain, ie this concept is a total waste, other than making farmers happy, right Michelle?

Quicksilver · #5 04-25-2008, 01:34 PM

OMG........

MLG has been on a roll........I was going to suggest "Rollaids."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michelle

MLG -- LET GO OF THE MOUSE! STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

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