Sorry, I should have been more specific. A corn field can support wildlife, for sure. But corn fields are usually planted on land that in natural state would be a forest or grass land. I'm pretty sure that a forest is at least and order or two more diverse than a corn field. My whole point is that its hugely damaging to the biodiversity of the world to destroy forests and replace them with corn fields to make fuel. The equivalent amount of energy can be produced in Nuclear power plants, taking up almost no land. Where I live, only about 5% of the land remains in a semi wild state. The rest is taken up for use by humans. As stewards of this planet, it is extremely greedy for us to take up so much land.
The smart phone and tablets became viable only when we developed very energy efficient components and better batteries. The better way forward is to concentrate on improving our cars. Cheap electric scooters are already breaking through as a viable mode of transportation for many people.
Bio Fuels of this kind still require enormous effort and land areas to produce. I don't understand why environmentalists would back corn being used for making fuel. There is nothing as destructive to the environment as depriving plants and animals of habitat (place and space to live). All those corn fields take up huge areas of land. I once saw a documentary about wolves establishing them selves in the area around Chernobyl. The wolves were thriving despite the high radiation levels. Without humans taking up land for agriculture an entire ecosystem established quickly, overcoming a nuclear disaster. And it makes sense, for the first time all those little animals in the ecosystem had the space and place to live.
Where ever we plant corn, pretty much, nothing else can live.
Nuclear energy and electric cars are the future. Nuclear energy production takes up very little space, and is by far, less destructive of the environment.
Bio Fuels of this kind still require enormous effort and land areas to produce.
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. A corn field can support wildlife, for sure. But corn fields are usually planted on land that in natural state would be a forest or grass land. I'm pretty sure that a forest is at least and order or two more diverse than a corn field. My whole point is that its hugely damaging to the biodiversity of the world to destroy forests and replace them with corn fields to make fuel. The equivalent amount of energy can be produced in Nuclear power plants, taking up almost no land. Where I live, only about 5% of the land remains in a semi wild state. The rest is taken up for use by humans. As stewards of this planet, it is extremely greedy for us to take up so much land. The smart phone and tablets became viable only when we developed very energy efficient components and better batteries. The better way forward is to concentrate on improving our cars. Cheap electric scooters are already breaking through as a viable mode of transportation for many people.
Bio Fuels of this kind still require enormous effort and land areas to produce. I don't understand why environmentalists would back corn being used for making fuel. There is nothing as destructive to the environment as depriving plants and animals of habitat (place and space to live). All those corn fields take up huge areas of land. I once saw a documentary about wolves establishing them selves in the area around Chernobyl. The wolves were thriving despite the high radiation levels. Without humans taking up land for agriculture an entire ecosystem established quickly, overcoming a nuclear disaster. And it makes sense, for the first time all those little animals in the ecosystem had the space and place to live. Where ever we plant corn, pretty much, nothing else can live. Nuclear energy and electric cars are the future. Nuclear energy production takes up very little space, and is by far, less destructive of the environment. Bio Fuels of this kind still require enormous effort and land areas to produce.
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