US might have been wrong about Ethanol
Study show US could have been wrong with implementing ethanol to reduce emissions and could have had opposite effects. Link
Forum Discussion
Farms produce more corn than we can possibly eat. Whether that's directly or through the livestock it's fed to. The whole "food or fuel" argument is ludicrous and always has been. Plenty to go around. Nobody's starving for lack of corn.
This pretty much goes for any kind of produce. Way more is produced than we can consume. That's why food is so cheap. Yes, cheap.
So we stop making corn ethanol. Then what do we do with all the excess corn? Oh, just grow something else, right? Then what do we do with that something else? Give it away to poor hungry people?
The problem with that is everyone expects the FARMER to foot the bill.
It costs the farmer money to grow the food. They need to get paid money for what they produce or else they cannot afford to grow more.
That's a concept that escapes most people. They think the plants just pop out of the ground on their own, and march themselves in from the field. Farmers get it for free so they should just give it all away for free, right?
If you want to give the food away, you go and buy it from the farmer for fair market value and YOU foot the bill. Heck farmers are not monsters. Most will sell you all you want AT COST if it's going to a good cause. Just don't expect farmers to foot the bill.
This pretty much goes for any kind of produce. Way more is produced than we can consume. That's why food is so cheap. Yes, cheap.
So we stop making corn ethanol. Then what do we do with all the excess corn? Oh, just grow something else, right? Then what do we do with that something else? Give it away to poor hungry people?
The problem with that is everyone expects the FARMER to foot the bill.
It costs the farmer money to grow the food. They need to get paid money for what they produce or else they cannot afford to grow more.
That's a concept that escapes most people. They think the plants just pop out of the ground on their own, and march themselves in from the field. Farmers get it for free so they should just give it all away for free, right?
If you want to give the food away, you go and buy it from the farmer for fair market value and YOU foot the bill. Heck farmers are not monsters. Most will sell you all you want AT COST if it's going to a good cause. Just don't expect farmers to foot the bill.
