In January, Cutting Edge – a talk show happened to do a show
with a nationalized Greek fellow named Evaggelos Vallianatos
who worked for the EPA for 27 years. The show is very
forthcoming and enlightening. Larry Gilbert our Investigative
reporter asked the Professor what effect Ethanol production would
have on our ability to meet our energy needs. The Professor
said that the effects on fossil fuel production would be minimal
and the effect would be that Corn would be directed away from
the food supply and raise the cost to the public. It hasn’t
taken long…and some other “unintended consequences” are now
starting to raise their ugly heads as well.
It seems that the oil producing countries see the Greening
process as an easy way to manipulate the “free market place” and
reduce production of oil to the public, the world and especially
the United States. So, as American farmers move out of other
traditional crops and into the Corn/Ethanol market..the Venezuela’s
of the world crank down the clamps on oil production to raise
the prices even higher. For those who don’t get it…they call it:
“The Law of Diminishing Returns”. Unless 126 countries decide to
quit using fossil fuels and move into Ethanol…….the price of
Ethanol will rise rapidly and the cost of oil will rise rapidly.
So, what happens when they shift to Nuclear Energy for Electricity?
You got it….the price of oil will rise again….the number of
cracking Petroleum refineries will diminish even further and our
world oil supply will simply go to China, Indonesia, Pakistan and
India.
Enough complaining here….what is “a solution”? We care not
what the solution is, but that we need one desperately. Why not
start with the Electricity supply around the world? Let’s just
decide that from now on….no coal fired plants, no oil burning
wonders, no non Nuclear production of Electricity. Hyrdro-electric
and Nuclear only? You bet…we could actually do “something” about
global warming and in one felled swoop – we take one customer away
from every oil producing country in the world. Is it possible?
Not likely! Should we do it? Of course! Is all this Al Gore
nonsense about global warming just another up front “shill-job”
for the Oil Companies? Of course! Do the people always lose when
they talk about reducing pollution? Most of the time. What is
really dangerous however, is wanting to use food crops/Corn Ethanol
to control the price of oil and by doing so…..then reducing the
available crops for food staples in the world.
The cash crops of Cocoa, Almonds and others take away the Wheat,
Rice, Soy and Corn production. For those of us who eat at
Cheesecake Factory or better…it is no problem. For those in
third world countries it is a death sentence. Just look at Darfur.
Civil wars only occur when commodities are limited and someone
is going to starve!
Going green for all the right reasons including having a clean and safe environment to live in — on this planet — is better than staying the old-fashioned-stale-conspicuous consumption course of depletion! Better safe than sorry.
The reason oil prices are going up is because there is little oil left in the world. The oil people are reassuring the consumers that there is plenty oil to go around but that is not the case. So we all better be jumping on the green bandwagon and donating a little R & D sooner than too-later.
We-ve got enough Mother Nature right now to cleanly fuel the world. Wind, water, sun, earth —
I can imagine electric powered cars accelerating 0-60 in 4 seconds and achieving speeds of over 130mph; because they are out there and will be available to most consumers http://www.teslamotors.com .
There are also ideas for: powering gyms through use of equipment and dancing venues through vibration of dancefloors; trains whisked through wind tunnels on magnetic tracks…
These ideas are being developed now. And only if we all move on them are we going to benefit from them. We can decide to fill the pockets of corporatism and allow the destruction of our earth or we can decide to educate ourselves to better solutions. If we fail to recognize our current ways (administration and FNN), we will continue our decline. Out with the old…
Change is good.
“The reason oil prices are going up is because there is little oil left in the world.”
Mary, you are so stupid!
The reason oil prices are going up is because the oil companies intentionally cut the production.
It is old supply and demand equation used unlawfully as is drugs by the drug cartels, CIA, FBI and DEA.
Mary,
Great…now tells us how you are
going to feed people with Electricity made with fossil fuels!
You didn’t get the message…try
reading the words again. It is not
out of a cookie cutter Hillary
philosophical cook book!
Just wondering…
What’s up with that remark you made about Al Gore being a promoter for the oil companies?
Let’s all remember that we are still in the think tank and at the beginning stages of researching ways to better or maintain our planet’s health. There will be lots of mistakes along the way.
At first it may be expensive. But, when we all get on board, prices will drop. Remember how expensive digital equipment is when it makes its debut? I wonder if we all had electric cars if they’d get cheaper too…
Mary
I was on my Water Rower today while doing laundry and it came to mind that I could be on my own human-powered washing machine.
Anna and Ron,
I’m not.
First let’s be clear that electricity can come from the sun and wind.
It is my understanding that the focus of your item was that we are/will be seeing the corporatism of farming competing with the corporatism of oil.
I’m saying why go down that road when there are better ones to venture onto?
We can create self-sustainable communities rather than relying on corporate thieves to supposedly enrich our lives.
Mary
*And Haight-Ashbury will make an
Environmental Comeback in the year
2525!
And the world is flat, right?