this is why people are starving in the world...

the world is NOT running out of natural resources.  the world has only tapped into ~18% of oil reserves!!....the most obvious sign of this, is the fact that you don't see oil majors scrambling to support biodiesel, scrambling for an exit strategy to cover their own arse....panicking to find an alternative energy.  whereas, they just take an even bigger stronghold by maintaining and not increasing opec production alongside increased demand thanks largely in part to china...

even through my selfish hedonistic greed, i am, theoretically very green, very pro-earth.  i do support the rain forest (since elementary school bake sales), fight global warming and advocate recycling.  i feel the drive for alternate energy is awesome and cool!  however, all this government subsidy for biofuels which in turn are driving food prices up the wazzooo and creating food shortages for poorer nations is completely unacceptable.  PEOPLE ARE STARVING and HERE WE ARE USING IT FOR FUEL.  UGH.

there's an article on mark cuban for wired magazine last year discussing his HUGE loss in biofuels..."oh im just doing it for fun now". 




Pumped Up
Your Own Personal Ethanol Station








Once you
attain a certain stature in life, there are two things that no longer make
sense—cheap liquor and expensive gas stations.

So there's obvious appeal to the idea that you could turn cheap liquor into cheap gas in the time it takes you
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MicroFueler.

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more power (which is why IndyCar racers use ethanol).

Sure, you
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independence, but there's also a certain satisfaction in using that gas money
you saved somewhere else.

Like the bar.




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