Comments on: Six of One, Half Dozen of Another http://www.greenrising.com/2007/06/12/six-of-one-half-dozen-of-another/ a life more sustainable Sun, 09 May 2010 02:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: green | rising » Blog Archive » America’s Corn-Based Idiocy http://www.greenrising.com/2007/06/12/six-of-one-half-dozen-of-another/comment-page-1/#comment-23782 green | rising » Blog Archive » America’s Corn-Based Idiocy Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:57:13 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/index.php/2007/06/12/six-of-one-half-dozen-of-another/#comment-23782 [...] Six of One, Half Dozen of Another [...] [...] Six of One, Half Dozen of Another [...]

]]> By: Mike Haubrich http://www.greenrising.com/2007/06/12/six-of-one-half-dozen-of-another/comment-page-1/#comment-20060 Mike Haubrich Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:18:32 +0000 http://www.greenrising.com/index.php/2007/06/12/six-of-one-half-dozen-of-another/#comment-20060 I think that the push towards ethanol is a sign that the corporate ag world is figuring out how to use the push towards environmental concern to make more profits. They are focusing on one issue, decreasing use of petroleum to deflect those Concerned (sort of) citizens who are willing to jump on the first solution as the best one. Once people start realizing how bad ethanol is for all concerned, new pushes for coal gasification are ready to pick up the slack. I would like to see Americans taking the time to educate ourselves more fully on the subjects of how we can conserve our combustible fuel dependency through conservation, and not be misled into thinking that there is a free ride out there somewhere. We have a bad history of taking half-measures as solutions and then dropping the subject as if it were solved and it were time to move on to the next thing. Ethanol is a dangerous fad that makes us feel good while possibly making things worse. I think that the push towards ethanol is a sign that the corporate ag world is figuring out how to use the push towards environmental concern to make more profits. They are focusing on one issue, decreasing use of petroleum to deflect those Concerned (sort of) citizens who are willing to jump on the first solution as the best one. Once people start realizing how bad ethanol is for all concerned, new pushes for coal gasification are ready to pick up the slack. I would like to see Americans taking the time to educate ourselves more fully on the subjects of how we can conserve our combustible fuel dependency through conservation, and not be misled into thinking that there is a free ride out there somewhere.

We have a bad history of taking half-measures as solutions and then dropping the subject as if it were solved and it were time to move on to the next thing. Ethanol is a dangerous fad that makes us feel good while possibly making things worse.

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