Wednesday, April 30 2008, 12:33 pm
There's two things you can trust:
the market, and man's greed.
the market, and man's greed.
By removing subsidies for biofuels, we 1) direct food back to the food supply, thereby easing prices, 2) promote investment in sustainable alternative energy solutions, 3) agitate the monopoly link between corporate farms and the petroleum products they use, 4) put additional pressure on automakers to seriously consider the development of non-petroleum powered and, certainly, of non-biofuel powered vehicles.
So, I exhort you: help stop the subsidy of biofuel production. If there is a natural market for it, it will stand on its own.
So, I exhort you: help stop the subsidy of biofuel production. If there is a natural market for it, it will stand on its own.
I don't agree with everything Dave says here, but he raises some good points.
My insistence is that each family unit -- the necessary basic building block of ALL societies -- become self-sufficient for food, water, and energy.
Let the self-sufficiency of the nations (and the strength, and the wealth) flow from that.
When you have grassroots prosperity, it cannot be subverted, by kings, monarchs, democrats, bureaucrats, or socialists.
My insistence is that each family unit -- the necessary basic building block of ALL societies -- become self-sufficient for food, water, and energy.
Let the self-sufficiency of the nations (and the strength, and the wealth) flow from that.
When you have grassroots prosperity, it cannot be subverted, by kings, monarchs, democrats, bureaucrats, or socialists.
