Guest guest Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 This is completely on topic as it concerns soil depletion. Does anyone know how the idea of using corn " wastage " got put forth as a fuel alternative? Firstly, one reason our soil is becoming depleted is because " waste " is not put back in after harvest (I guess, maybe it is). Secondly, it would take huge amounts of corn fields to produce enough to take over where oil left off, using up our land which is more and more needed to produce food for ourselves much less for our cars. Just think of each car as a hungry mouth to feed on top of the already too many hungry mouths. Thirdly, why isn't their a hew and cry over this? I haven't heard one word. I've heard that it isn't a good alternative but I haven't heard that it would exponentially catapult us into the fate the Mayans faced - not enough food and what food there was, of such poor quality that even the rulers had porous bones. Fourthly, why isn't this simple common sense physics? Virtually everyone I've talked to hasn't been alarmed by this. They think there's too much land out there to be concerned about it. Am I nuts? Am I on the outer fringe? Do I just not know enough people? If no one from this group responds then I will go with the " nuts " answer. ps. If people do know of concerned groups, does anyone know of anyone who can track down the genesis of this thing; like Inig knows all the players of the oil trick, anyone know what corn company or other person started this idea? Maybe just an innocent thought by some innocent person. Parashis artpages@... zine: artpagesonline.com portfolio: http://www.artpagesonline.com/EPportfolio/000portfolio.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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