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Dept. of Energy Rejects Corn Fuel Future
eldavojohn writes "The United States' Department of Energy is stating that corn based fuel is not the future. From the article, "I'm not going to predict what the price of corn is going to do, but I will tell you the future of biofuels is not based on corn," U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell said in an interview. Output of U.S. ethanol, which is mostly made from corn, is expected to jump in 2007 from 5.6 billion gallons per year to 8 billion gpy, as nearly 80 bio-refineries sprout up. In related news, Fidel Castro is blasting the production of corn fuel as a blatant waste of food that would otherwise feed 3 billion people who will die of hunger."
It's Fidelito that's getting mildly concerned. He's a one-trick (crude) pony.
Where many people are starving, it's usually because people like Castro have taken a nation's food supply to feed their army and incite civil wars.
"For the greater good", they will say...
I suggest you read Slashdot
We could airdrop tons of corn on that idiotfuck's country and it wouldn't take him 60 seconds to find a way to complain about it. Meanwhile, I don't think anyone in Cuba is feeling oppressed due to a lack of maize.
I've noticed a large increase in the number of posts expressing socialist or even left-leaning opinions being moderated as a 'troll', to the extent that I'm starting to suspect there's an organised effort behind it. Keep in mind the Dubya administration is spending record levels on propaganda, both via the state and privately.