05-15-2007, 11:13 PM
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Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: above 7,000 feet
Posts: 7,208
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
That's all well and good but with the fuel mandates and government subsidies more land will be switched over to corn production. How much do you think you'll have to pay for lettuce or carrots in order for the farmer(agricultural corporation) to consider growing them instead of the guaranteed profit in corn?
When they can efficiently make ethanol from non food biomass we'll be in good shape.
When Brazil has a bad growing season they import ethanol from the US and Canada.
One more thing, all the meat that eats grain will go up too.
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I wish I'd said that.
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