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Corn Ethanol Creating Famine?

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by User ImageKimberly Bock (Check me out!)

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“I have been saying that food prices will go up this year and we have only seen the beginning. I am not being a pessimistic person, but American citizens have to wake up to what ethanol production is doing to our food prices.We are not looking at the old saying: Pay me now or pay me later but we are paying dearly now and we will pay even more dearly later. Biofuels will continue to cause higher food prices.”

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5 Responses to “Corn Ethanol Creating Famine?”

  1. no imageSteve Mason (Check me out!) (2 comments) // Apr 24, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Kimberly, thanks for the interest in the chemically green blog. What a shame we are wasting billions of dollars and put people at risk for high food prices and shortages of foods without really helping our fuel situation. The closest E85 station is 90-100 miles from my home. Two are in Atlanta, Ga. and two are in Knoxvile, Tn.
    I would like for you to link to the chemicallygreen blog and I would be more than happy to link to your site to get you exposure under your environmental section.
    We need to get off of oil period!! I believe we need to have cars run on hydrogen fuel cells and possible battery supply (If the batteries last longer than 40 miles before needing a recharge)
    Let me know about linking our blogs. I am only trying to get the message out without the taxpayer getting the old royal shaft.
    Kindest regards,
    Steve

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  2. no imageKimberly Bock (Check me out!) (99 comments) // Apr 24, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    Hi Steve, I’ve sent mail to you by way of your contact page. ;-)

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  3. no imageShari Voigt (Check me out!) (6 comments) // Apr 28, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Thanks for this, Kimberly. As a short-term example: Our backyard backs up to a farmer’s field. Last year he planted corn to be used for ethanol production. His profits from last year didn’t even cover the cost of seed for the same plot of land this year. It’s the same story with a nearby field planted in soybeans.

    The cost of seed and of feed has risen dramatically across the board. Yet we’re supposed to wait patiently while other biofuels are developed. That waiting is going to be expensive.

    I think it’s bigger than biofuels though. Our food is trucked from one end of the country to the other, when the same food, but higher quality is available locally. Our local grocery stores don’t carry local grown strawberries. No, our strawberries and other produce are trucked in from California and other locales far from home. Why? Milk comes from subsidized mega farms, while our local dairy farmers can’t make a living. It makes no sense to me. That’s why we buy local whenever possible.

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  4. no imageSteve Mason (Check me out!) (2 comments) // Jun 13, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Greetings, please contact me at my email address so I can link to your site and you link to my site. Sorry I did not contact you sooner, but have been busy with other business. Am still finding time to blog and the latest draft on Chemicallygreen.com is about Kudzanol, Ethanol made from Kudzu.
    Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your considerantion.
    God Bless
    Kindest regards
    Steve Mason
    Chemicallygreen.com

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  5. no imageYemek Tarifleri (Check me out!) (1 comments) // Jul 1, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Thanks about this for this reason it is so important for me. Thanks again :)

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