Comments on: World Bank weighs in on ethanol https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/ Ian Bell's opinions are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Ian Bell Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Nolan Eakins https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:40 +0000 https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/#comment-498 There’s a sight, a farmer on strike who’s rioting about food. Dumb ass.

Personally, a tree here and there looks like plenty of energy. Those corn stalks and all the leaves I rake every year, we may as well toss those in too. And there’s methane leaking into the atmosphere in the Artic due to the permafrost thawing, why the hell aren’t we capturing that?

On another point, I’m actually concerned about the amount of corn I am consuming. Driving around on it might not be good while I sip on flavored corn syrup, eating a corn fed hamburger, and surrounded by nothing but corn.

We really need to diversify our stock.

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By: Ian https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:35:43 +0000 https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/#comment-436 Dave,

I think you’re missing the point: space is not infinite. If you choose to grow fuel in a field instead of growing food, you’re constraining the food supply. Farmers striking and people rioting for food would tend to be seen by most as symptoms, rather than being causal, to the problem of food shortages.

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By: dave https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:31:02 +0000 https://ianbell.com/2008/04/14/world-bank-weighs-in-on-ethanol/#comment-432 The article says wheat and rice prices are higher. Who is making ethanol out of them? I live in the corn belt and I see no more places to by ethanol than was here ten years ago. Whos producing and using all this ethanol? Nobody I know.

Ethanol can be made from non food products,like algee, and grass, and wood chips. And theres plenty of available farmland for crops, just as much as there was when we were not starving.

Argentine farmers are on strike! Peru farmers are on strike! Throw in some drought areas. FOOD SHORTAGE without a drop of ethanol.

As far as rising food prices ? whats new? how long has it been since Coke was a knickel, or a steak dinner two-bits? Compared to inflation, fuel and food are still cheap.

Starvation is the result of poor planning, and no accoutability. Look at the people riot to get food- instead of raising it themselves.

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