ANYBODY HEAR CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF FOODS BEING DIVERTED TO MAKE FUEL WITH? ARE WE GONNA CUT OUR OWN THROATS TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF CORN OR WHEAT OR OTHER DIVERTED TO FUEL NEEDS FOR CARS AND TRUCKS AND INDUSTRY? IS THIS SMART? WILL EGGS START COSTING 5.00 A DOZ 0 OR BEEF 20.00 A LB?? ARE WE GOING TO F**K UP AGAIN??

I keep my beef in my pants.Safer that way.

good thought. i might lose that ten pounds afterall.

Yeah! sounds about right

and we're so glad you do!

are you agreeing with BN or commenting on going on a diet - i dont think you can afford to lose 10 lbs if your agreeing with BN are you transexual if not then are you saying your his pants

Way to go, speak the truth!

No, they're going to balance out the additional costs with cloned food that may or may not cause you to grow extra appendages in five or six years...

from what i see, people eat way too much anyway, nothing worse than watching someone that is 200 lbs overweight shovel the pizza in and looking for the pasta, now that is a waste

I do not like green eggs and ham
I do not like them in a gas can.

so are you saying let them go ahead and will all just go on a forced diet because of corporate/government greed as usual?? because we can't afford to buy the food because it's to "expensive" - live on dog food like other's have?

What a lot of americans do not realize is that the gas we buy today at 4-5 dollars a gallon is already subsidized by our government. Otherwise we would pay 10-12 dollars a gallon like China.

What we need is to focus on renewable engery that does not consume our resources.

MY 2 cents...

North Dakota is ideal for mass amounts of wind power, much energy could be produced if enough wind towers were utilized.

Arizona is ideal for producing mass amounts of solar energy. Enough so that we could power north america, and then some.

Ok...Im getting off the soapbox.

good answers TT we should have been working this directins since the mid 70's instead of now just gearing up to do so - for me i believe hydrogen holds all the answers

not saying that at all, but it looks like more to need to turn of the TV and Computer and get out more

I have been in the ethanol industry, and it is not the same corn you eat.
the starch is removed and turned to sugars....
the by product is then used as cattle feed,,,win/win for everyone.
(the same product is being sold twice. and is better for the farmers)

also the lasst few years the industry has made some drastic changes to cellulose ethanol

meaning now they are using the waste from the fields,switch grass, and even garbage from the local dump......and this is bad how??

Our government is doing everything a country dependent on fossil fuels could. But the subsidation of our gas and introduction of E85 is just a bandaid. Im in agreement, we need more proactive movers & shakers in the white house.

that may be true - but what about wheat?? where all our bread and other goods are made from - is it really wise to put what are called "re-newable food sources" into the mix? why? with the chnges in the weater patterns - who knows when droughts might start to take place and other weather phenomina that could dratically affect our means to produce adquite supplies for our selves yet alone for other countries - are you willing to bet on the fact that left over corn meal from refinig wont go ant further than that ? or that in case of war or national emergency thr govmnt will even care about anything but staying alive? not saying its "BAD" im asking if its "wise" how far will it go? when in a crunch!! as TT posted there are much better and economical ways to produce alternative energies - im not againt biodeisel im against the fact that hydrogen is not being more directly explored for use which will not cause any pollution such as biodesil or ethanol do. there are already hydrogen cars and there keeping them from being rapidly developed because of oil interest!! that's what i'm talking of/.

is wheat used ,yes in some markets. but then they have by product also...fish food, hog food.


what you really need to understand is futures
I'm talking stock exchanges

since the 70's our products have been traded on paper only with foreign countries.
thats where the world trade comes in....

and for actual product being shipped out.....go down to the docks and watch them load.
we are allowed so much waste in every bushel sold.
they actually blend molded product and sand in with the good........who's screwin who???

Not everyone in the military is ignorant of the stock market, made me comfortable