Comments on: Hungry? Should You Blame Biofuel?

By: kb

kb — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:36:36 +0000

I absolutely don’t blame a region! I meant to say that we need to stop being so dependent on fuel from outside the U.S. — especially since we have the ability, through renewable sources, to do so.

You’re 100 percent right. It’s OUR fault as Americans (the government’s, really) that we are in this position.

Thanks for the post!

By: Bev

Bev — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:18:21 +0000

Love your blog and you do such a good job articulating the complexity of using subsidies to support the biofuel market. Thanks.

I am a little concerned about the part where you wrote, “and hate the strangle-hold that the Middle East has on us.” It sounds like you were blaming a region for the choices we make as a nation to continue to depend on planet killing fossil fuel consumption for our energy needs. I admit it makes me nervous when people say things like that. Perhaps you meant something else?

By: Shari G

Shari G — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:46:38 +0000

It often angers me that politicians, even our current president, put their efforts into other things- when there are people still going without food in this country where abundance is our middle name.

By: kb

kb — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:54:07 +0000

I guess I was just feeling helpless when I wrote this. It feels like the lobbyists and the folks who are making money will never change things. Even the traditional media say Pres. Obama will never kill the subsidies, for example, because the lobby behind them is too strong.

By: sheri

sheri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:12:49 +0000

I am confused about why calling our senators & congressmen & writing to the President won’t work. They can push legislation through requiring car companies to use solar and wind power on cars, Japan has them. Or hydrogen batteries, a car has been in existence for 20 years that runs on hydrogen batteries, it is easy, cheap and amazing! There are solutions, but the problem is people don’t know about them and they don’t have the dollars to pay lobbyists like the corn industry and the oil industry. That is where we the people come in, making our voices louder than the lobbyists. Now, I may be wrong about this in which case I would love to learn more.