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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND Big Ag AND biofuels AND food and agriculture
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The Scheme of the Crop
On ethanol |
Umbra Fisk |
31 May 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I'm a little amazed by all the bandwagon-jumping going on over E85 ethanol. I wonder if a corn-based fuel can be sustainable over the long term, given the general risks of farming and the disappearance of American farms in the last 20 years. And doesn't anybody remember the great potato famine and the danger of relying on one crop? Before the unsuspecting public spends zillions of dollars buying into the idea of an ethanol-b ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Big Ag, biofuels, food and agriculture (all these topics) |
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