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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:54 PM Original message |
The looming food crisis - Rush for biofuels is taking a toll on food crops |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe I'm just stupid, but since there's more money in farming |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Historically, people have moved away from agriculture to other professions, not toward it |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Somebody owns that land.. and not all available land is suited for farming |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I've lived in the Midwest my whole life, |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I told you, I was probably stupid, at least on this subject. All my life |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. and Calif's agri business will wither away if we ever lose cheap water |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. When farmers moved off the land, larger, more successful farmers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Barrier to entry: scale. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've heard that it would be relatively easy to use switch grass instead |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The land necessary for switch-grass is the same land that could be cultivating food crops..no? |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. But doesn't switch grass just sorta grow like a weed wherever? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. the quantities necessary for mass production would pretty much |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. You'd still be using land to grow switch grass rather than food crops |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Gee whiz.. I posted about this 2 years ago, and was roundly |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Agreed. The middle class in developed nations will face a choice between food or fuel. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. if it puts an end to hfcs, it may well be worth it. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. That would be a blessing in disguise.. |
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