Weekend Rambler

I just have to mention more about the bio-fuel pipe dream since the mere thought of converting food to fuel to replace oil is just as absurd as it sounds. Before "black gold" was discovered we were denuding the planet for firewood and whales were being hunted into extinction for oil to run the lamps of the rich. This is a must read piece on the topic by Mac Johnson . More here

Together with coal, oil opened up an unimaginable quantity of energy that came from outside the contemporary natural productivity of the Earth. For the first time, societies could grow far beyond the biological energy limits of their landmass. Wealth skyrocketed. Food supplies were no longer diverted to energy needs. Populations blossomed, and yet man’s energy-motivated environmental depredations fell significantly.

Fossil fuels have provided freedom from the constraints of biology and agriculture to such an extent that most of us have forgotten exactly how energy-poor a world powered by biofuels can be. Consider that the United States consumes nearly 4.39x1016 BTUs of crude oil per year. In absolute energy value, the entire corn crop in the U.S. could provide just 10 percent of that, and the entire world’s corn crop, only 23 percent.

So what are we going to eat greenie loonbat vegetarians if corn, rice, potatoes, sugarcane and grains are taken for fuel production? I thought the left was all for feeding the poor, there seems to be a serious disconnect here. There are already riots in Mexico over the price of corn tortillss, shoot it evens takes away Tony the Tiger's energy source, corn, food is people fuel not motor fuel. Oil is one of the Lord's gifts to us and we should be good stewards of that gift not rob the poor of the staple foods that make ethanol, us rednecks know it as pure grain or moonshine. We drink it not use it to fuel the tractor, plus nothing beats a fresh roasted ear of sweetcorn off the grill.
I thought the left cared about the environment, they must envision cornfields as far as the eye can see as every bit of arable land is converted to the purpose of producing the fuel we need. The Amazon is being cut down at an alarming rate to produce a few years of sugar cane for fuel before the ground gives out. Look at the advances in clean technology using carbon fuels. Lets think this through a bit before we buy the hype and do something incredibly stupid.
Oil has allowed man to prosper and grow, I don't like the picture without it at all and if you seriously think about it, it is quite a horrific story. That is what the elite left thinks would be paradise, they forget where the wealth came from, "Black Gold"
Lets be clean, lets be green, and above all lets be smart. Bio-fuel is a pipe dream enjoyed by elites unconcerned with nothing but the returns in their commodity portfolios. They would rather see millions starve as their food is outpriced for fuel usage than displace a few mosquitos and caribou to drill in ANWR, while letting Cuba drill off Florida coast's, and at the same time fighting to keep us from doing it. Hey we will need the global warming to open up the tundra for farming to fuel their pipe dream. I'll take wise stewardship over loonbat fantasies anyday.
The goat uses synthetic oil and has for decades in all vehicles mainly because it is better for the engine thus less emmissions.
Be Green, Be Clean, Be Smart.

Update: Where will the water to grow all this ethanol come from?

Pardon me as I go on my porch and listen to the frogs while enjoying a cigar and a cold beer.