That was not my point. Growing corn for ethanol uses up arable land, large quantities of irrigation water, and scores of other resources that can otherwise be used to grow food crops, corn or wheat or anything else.
There is still controversy http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/cooke/200 7/0202.html on how efficient it really is to use ethanol fuel. It seems to me that the government is buying into an agenda that has not yet fully examined for its faults. Why not use wind energy, or invest in solar technology so that it becomes more viable? There are numerous societies that run entirely on renewable sources of energy. Just because windmills and solar panels are an ugly sight to some people?
I come from a country that has a lot of poor people. I can't imagine corn and sugar being used to run cars instead of feeding starving people. I'm glad the DoE pointed this out. Vinod Khosla and all the other entrepreneurs that have invested in this better take note and stop pushing their agenda.
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That was not my point. Growing corn for ethanol uses up arable land, large quantities of irrigation water, and scores of other resources that can otherwise be used to grow food crops, corn or wheat or anything else. There is still controversy http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/cooke/200 7/0202.html on how efficient it really is to use ethanol fuel. It seems to me that the government is buying into an agenda that has not yet fully examined for its faults. Why not use wind energy, or invest in solar technology so that it becomes more viable? There are numerous societies that run entirely on renewable sources of energy. Just because windmills and solar panels are an ugly sight to some people?
I come from a country that has a lot of poor people. I can't imagine corn and sugar being used to run cars instead of feeding starving people. I'm glad the DoE pointed this out. Vinod Khosla and all the other entrepreneurs that have invested in this better take note and stop pushing their agenda.