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impalapez (December 11th, 2008 @ 4:30 pm)
How about water hyacinth for a biomass fuel? It also cleans the water that it grows in...I think of corn as a very nutrient intensive crop. I've also read personal accounts, in Countryside magazine, of persons who actually got 10 mpg less w/ ethanol blended fuel. The technologies are great, but there are also tried and true organic methods, plus farming on a smaller scale, and being more regional and local would also cut down on transportation costs...
marceads (December 11th, 2008 @ 3:51 pm)
You are talking with an agronomist. There is no other crop that can produce food and energy more efficiently for a world population that has passed the brink. fertilizer usage is actually decreasing due to GPS technologies and hybrids producing higher yields with less inputs. I am personally not a huge fan of HFCS, but #2 yellow dent is not the devil either. I personally wish that the US gov't would make it law that all gas and diesel contained oxygenated fuels such as ethanol.
impalapez (December 10th, 2008 @ 3:49 am)
the 200 billion in fossil fuel subsidies that allows for the use of artificial fertiliser to be cost affective
marceads (December 9th, 2008 @ 10:56 pm)
What subsidies?
Surtur676767 (November 27th, 2008 @ 2:42 am)
COrn=good, High Fructose Corn Syrup= not so good at all
AcaiBerryMONAVIE (November 23rd, 2008 @ 6:07 am)
MAN MADE SUGAR IS EVIL- Hfcs
free2hug (November 11th, 2008 @ 7:14 pm)
Corn on the brain. If you are concerned about high fructose corn syrup, join a campaign to get cola companies to switch to beet or cane sugars at thepoint[dot]com and search for corn syrup ...I just signed my name. Hopefully this starts the path to better corporate responsibility. Cola companies seem to use cane or beet sugar in countries outside the U.S. Why not in the US?
buffuzo (November 11th, 2008 @ 5:53 am)
when I went to rigel 5 they do not have corn there, instead they eat uiop. I think it is better than corn. they do not make it into syrup. uiop can be used as fuel too, but only on the newest vrnaas.
impalapez (October 28th, 2008 @ 8:50 pm)
What I don't understand is how it is cost effective to produce w/ petroleum based fertiliser, petroleum fuel burning to heat the stuff for how long?!? And then to add it as an ingredient...oh yeah...Subsidies...
quikgamer (September 15th, 2008 @ 3:33 am)
Corn is what is used to fatten up live stock..
MMGiru (July 19th, 2008 @ 1:59 pm)
I got about 26 messages like this: "CORN IS A-MAIZE-ING! CORN IS A-MAIZE-ING! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I could fucking do this all fucking night!!! Yeah!" Which is why it's fucking hilarious. Sanity is lessening, and it's getting more and more fun.
MMGiru (July 18th, 2008 @ 11:30 pm)
What? No story? That's pretty friggin boring. Oh well. I'm glad that you care so much about this that you're still continuing it after two weeks. Frankly, I find that people are much funnier when they're pissed because they can't accept new ideas.

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