alt.energy.renewable

On Mar 16, 5:08 am, ray wrote:
> In article
> <17cadc98-a994-4588-a902-48ade5be7...@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
>
> "calderh...@yahoo.com" wrote:
> > The higher food prices of 2008 cannot easily lead to increased food
> > production, as would normally be the case, because of Bush's
> > government mandated shift of land, water, fertilizer, farm equipment,
> > and manpower resources to biofuel production. With biofuels out of
> > the equation, farmers could have easily passed higher energy costs on
> > to consumers without shrinking food production, and they could have
> > increased food output to meet the greater demands of an expanding
> > world population. Higher prices normally give producers a strong
> > incentive signal to make more of a product so they can make more
> > money. Now those incentive signals are confused and ineffective
> > because of forced government biofuel mandates. Farmers must now
> > produce for the automotive biofuel market as well as for the human
> > food market.
>
> This is what happens when you pander to the loons on the left. This is
> also why this country is in need of a REAL conservative president who
> has no interest to "bridge the gap," but to do what's right for this
> country. Unfortunately, we have John McCain.
>
> --
> All saints have a past--all sinners have a future
>
> Ronald Reagan

No, that's what happens when you do what the conservatives want you to
do and breed like rabbits.

Guess what, with oil at $100+ a barrel, biofuels are here to stay.
You want lower food costs? Have less kids and tell your legislators
to stop the policy of continuously expanding the population through
immigration.