Yes, bloggers, I don't know about you, but, I like to eat. And when more and more farmland is converted to producing bio-fuels (such as corn to ethanol) I worry. Cong. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), spoke out yesterday at a hearing, on the pro-biofuels bill H.R. 547 -- "Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act," which is being marked up this morning by the
Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Science and Technology Committee, for expected passage. The bill supports expanding the number of gas stations that can handle ethanol/biodiesel and so on.
Witnesses at yesterday's hearing gave glowing reports on biofuels, especially Bob Dineen, Pres. and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, representing the international bio-fools stampede, from Wall Street to the local dupe. Several Committee members pointed out to Dineen problems already apparent in the food-for-fuels trade-off, for example, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). She said that in her C.D., the price run-up for corn is causing
impossible prices for her dairy farmer consituents; and even so, there is an ethanol "shortage" for drivers in California.
Bartlett said, "All land in corn is in corn," and there should NOT be more land put into the crop. "Corn is one of the greediest crops we have" in terms of its nutrient and water
requirements. It can contribute to serious erosion if not grown properly. Forcing more acreage into corn will be a "big detriment in land quality." Even if it is true, that we improve our "air quality" with biofuels, that doesn't compensate. As for the comparisons to what Brazil is doing on biofuels, "We're not Brazil, thank you."
So, the Anglo-Dutch oligarchy if not stopped is not only trying to get us into a war with Iran, but they are taking the food out of children's mouths. Yes, Cargill, ADM and the other big grain companies are pushing this genocidal policy of food for fuel for fools. Now do you understand why we in the US, Aus, Gr Br, and yes, even Iran and Israel, need nuclear power? In fact, environmentalism is shown again to be a giant real estate game, to destroy the productive use of millions of acres of land.
