Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
Problem:
Competition for access to corn crops coming from grain, animal feed, and biofuel industries is boosting prices.
there is going to be a down side to any form our transportation may take. where emissions may be controlled, starvation cannot be avoided if we convert to bio-fuels. whether we use food crops or convert tillable land to the production of more efficient crops, our food production will suffer. obviously bio-fuels are another dead end, just like the hybrids that have become more a status symbol than an answer.

..... we don't NEED animal protein at every meal... We can get lots of protein from soy products and even genetically modified sweet potatoes that NASA has been developing as a sustainable space food. Meat is a luxury in poor countries. We need to start eating like peasants, not like kings.
careful there, you're starting to sound a bit too much like brak and that whole comfortable poverty crowd. forcibly lowering our standard of living does nothing more than limit our freedom of choice and hand even more of the people's power to would-be tyrants. we are omnivorous creatures and the luxury of eating meat is one of those little perks that comes with the drive to success.
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