It's not easy being green

[jhetley]

According to THE ECONOMIST, if you fill up your SUV with corn ethanol in order to save the planet, you've just used enough maize to feed a person for a year.

This is beside the question of whether corn ethanol from US Agribusiness Inc. provides a net energy gain.

Comments

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

It does seem odd that the idea of reducing the population never seems to enter the picture... we've been caught up in a massive pyramid scheme for quite awhile, now, and I expect most of those reading this know how pyramid schemes end...

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

But people never seem to agree on what part of the population to reduce...

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

"I have a little list... they never will be missed..."

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I'd think it would need to be a rather _long_ list in order to have much value to the purpose...

[(Anonymous)]

Birth control is one of the best answers for reducing environmental impact.