Truck advice and biodiesel mixes [RE-wrenches]

[Drake Chamberlin]

		Hi Matt, 



That is for sure.  There are no easy answers.  We are in an unprecedented 

mess at this point, with the climatic change already in progress without any

significant response.  As we know, the consumption curve is still going

sharply up. 



Ray,



I'm not poo pooing biofuels, but bringing up some hard facts relating to

their use as an oil substitute as petroleum begins to fade out on the

world market, with China and India just coming on the scene as major

consumers.   



Farmers certainly do get the shaft, with food being barely cost effective to grow, even in a good year.  It is like the joke about the farmer who won a million bucks and was asked what he would do with the money.  His answer was "keep farming until the money runs out."  



Drake 



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From: Matt Tritt <solarone at charter.net>

Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 10:30 PM

To: RE-wrenches at topica.com

Subject: Re: Truck advice and biodiesel mixes [RE-wrenches] 



It's that old Damned if we do, and damned if we don't thing cropping up 

again.



Matt



Drake Chamberlin wrote:



>

>

>		Hi Matt, 

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>I don't think very much acreage is currently being diverted from food to fuel

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>in this country, maybe some, as there is hunger right here at home.  Food prices are certainly going off the

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>scale, and that really affects a lot of people.  I don't know if the demand for acreage for growing fuel is driving food prices up or not.  

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>						The World Health Organization estimates that 1/3 of the world is

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>starving.  http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm\

>





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