tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post3970404960797948491..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: Save the Planet, Starve a HaitianJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-41281723012679073212008-07-11T22:46:00.000-04:002008-07-11T22:46:00.000-04:00Oh and the title was meant to be not rhetorical bu...Oh and the title was meant to be not rhetorical but ironic. The breathless proponents of CC or GW often site (and are of the left wing political proclivity) the devastating effect it will have on the 3rd world.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-70817072992724747762008-07-11T22:43:00.000-04:002008-07-11T22:43:00.000-04:00"Clearly. Far better is to focus our fuel policy o..."Clearly. Far better is to focus our fuel policy on growing the American economy and avoiding international rentiers. "<BR/><BR/>Agreed. However, mass starvation due to nonsensical energy policies effect America. Starvation due to drought and abject land misuse (overgrazing for example) is one thing. Starvation due to ill thought western policy is quite another and certainly has an effect on America as it will likely prove a catalyst for yet more anti-western instability in already failed or near failed states. Islamic fundies have been pointing the finger at the west for decades on the basis of pure ideology. Add a very real and tangible aspect such as astronomical maize prizes and you invite concrete, realistic foundation of resistance/retaliation. Bear in mind the pure supply and demand aspect will likely spill over into Latin America, a source of America's turbo charged demographics. <BR/><BR/>Bear in mind I'm speaking of the free market aspect and not the international subsidies that flatten domestic agriculture and therefore create an economic pandora's box: The populace buys cheap X from Western suppliers therefore what would be the domestic agricultural core cannot compete and so is forced to buy the cheap X...Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-71419734524656962162008-07-11T22:16:00.000-04:002008-07-11T22:16:00.000-04:00Dan, I think subsuming our fuel policy to the alar...<I>Dan, I think subsuming our fuel policy to the alarmism of climate change is also a mistake. </I><BR/><BR/>Clearly. Far better is to focus our fuel policy on growing the American economy and avoiding international rentiers. <BR/><BR/>Which is an area that will help America and Americans, and is above rhetoric such as "Save the planet, stare a Haitian."Dan tdaxphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205344738190870766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-45418595595719025572008-07-11T22:06:00.000-04:002008-07-11T22:06:00.000-04:00Dan, I think subsuming our fuel policy to the alar...Dan, I think subsuming our fuel policy to the alarmism of climate change is also a mistake. <BR/><BR/>Eddie,<BR/><BR/>"Let's develop the far more efficient switchgrass and sugarcane ethanol."<BR/><BR/>I recently heard an interview with Al Gore and the question of ethanol fuel and it's effect on the grain market came about. He attributed the whole deal to (paraphrasing) "a technology in the works." Which lends one to conclude that ethanol production will skip ahead to the base resources you mention and beyond. The issue, of course, is that such R&D should be conducted in laboratories and not on the global market.<BR/><BR/>ymarsakar,<BR/><BR/>"I think creating global starvation and then using that to get policies to create global climate change is a pretty good overall strategy if revolution is the name of the game."<BR/><BR/>Intriguing. It's got a very 5GW ring to it. I'm going to give this some more thought... <BR/><BR/>air setitik,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the invite but, I'm afraid, I've already found myself.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-73345700246053109072008-07-07T19:21:00.000-04:002008-07-07T19:21:00.000-04:00I think creating global starvation and then using ...I think creating global starvation and then using that to get policies to create global climate change is a pretty good overall strategy if revolution is the name of the game.Ymarsakarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246906722493964175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-63519759395623391822008-07-07T09:28:00.000-04:002008-07-07T09:28:00.000-04:00I'm certain the corn ethanol barons are going to b...I'm certain the corn ethanol barons are going to be begging Congress for more hand-outs because of the floods. What a racket. <BR/>Not to mention, this racket is costing Americans tens of millions in higher food prices.<BR/>Let's develop the far more efficient switchgrass and sugarcane ethanol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-68818153590282117582008-07-07T09:08:00.000-04:002008-07-07T09:08:00.000-04:00I think subsuming our fuel policy to third-world w...I think subsuming our fuel policy to third-world welfare policy is a mistake.Dan tdaxphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205344738190870766noreply@blogger.com