The Idso Clan at CO2 Science report on a study that reveals that biofuel production will be harmful to the environment and will cause food shortages.
Excerpt from The Large-Scale Production of Biofuels in a Food-Insecure World:
In a review article published in the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Rattan Lal of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center of Ohio State University (USA) introduces the subject of his concern by writing that “the world is faced with the trilemma of climate change, food insecurity, and energy demand,” because (1) “there still are more than one billion food-insecure people in the world (FAO, 2009a,b),” (2) “the world food supply will have to be doubled between 2005 and 2050 (Borlaug, 2009) because of the increase in population and change in dietary preferences,” and (3) “the world energy demand is also increasing rapidly and is projected to increase by 84% by 2050 compared with 2005.” And what makes the problem even worse is the fact that in an attempt to meet the anticipated increase in the global demand for energy, “the emphasis on biofuels is strongly impacting the availability of grains for food and soil resources for grain production.”
TANSTAAFL!
The EPA just approved E15, a 15% increase in Ethanol for newer cars.
Good for corn farmers, bad for the economy. As your cartoon post points out, we’re using food to power our transportation. Yet, the Obama lifted the deep-water oil drilling moratorium, but the damage to the industry is already done. The Regime doesn’t have to grant any drilling permits, plus the the Obama regime erected enough hurdles to prevent any new permits.
That was the intent of Cap and Trade in the first place.
I believe we are in an energy bubble. One that is being prop’ed up by the regime to artificially keep oil prices low. Just the opposite when the democrats took the house after 2006 when prices of oil went through the ceiling. The stock market is being prop’ed up by the FED as well. However, spending hasn’t gone down. Eventually, there’s going to be a huge {pop}!
Invest in canned food. I hope I’m wrong…..
Jim, maybe I’m slow, but I can’t figure out your acronym.
I hope you’re wrong too, Kini. The problem with canned goods is the high sodium content.
From “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Heinlein,
It stands for “There ‘Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”, meaning you can’t get something for nothing.
In regards to biofuels like the Ethanol debacle, you can also say “We’re eating our seed corn”.
I believe that I have read most of Robert Heinlein’s books starting with Red Planet in the seventh grade. I read Harsh Mistress as an adult and the acronym that was in the book went over my head this time. Thanks.
I think I started with “Bill the Galactic Hero”, but I also remember “Red Planet” That’s the one with “Willis” the bouncer-creature who was a Martian?
Yep, that’s the one. Willis was a Martian that had yet to mature.