Environment & Energy

Bob Wallace

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6. The crunch is coming...

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 03:33 PM

Dec 2011

We're going to have a lot more mouths to feed.

And we're almost certainly going to be losing ag land to climate change. Look at what is happening in the Texas and Russia with drought and extreme heat. Look at the crop loss to extreme flooding that's been happening around the world.

Better we don't make ourselves dependent on fuel from croplands. People are going to need more food and the US can use more sources of income. Let's switch our transportation to electricity and grow food for people to eat.

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Ethanol [View all] James48 Dec 2011 OP

Food for fuel is immoral 4dsc Dec 2011 #1

Food for fuel is a false argument. James48 Dec 2011 #2

The crunch is coming... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #6

Better than Petroleum or Coal, not nearly as good as Solar, Wind, Hydro, etc. NYC_SKP Dec 2011 #3

Ethanol... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #4

Except- that electricity comes from coal. James48 Dec 2011 #5

Wrong. Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #7

Maybe where you are Bob, but not here. James48 Dec 2011 #8

Michigan, I once lived there... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #9

If only the Volt burned E85. James48 Dec 2011 #10

Might be... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #11