Posted: Jun 23, 2008, 7:58 PM CST
Indyfella wrote:We could hook a hose up to a cow's ass and produce methane. It burns, I hear?
Now, on a more serious note, I've read where it takes the same amount of energy to produce ethanol as what's derived. A neutral outcome
Corn does not properly digest in the animal's digestive system any better than in our own... causes illness in the animals which are then loaded up with antibiotics. Don't believe me, try a steady diet of corn and see how it feels.
Corn is used for livestock to fatten them up faster... these cattle go to market after only about 18 months. It's all about money.
Grass fed beef is high in good omega-3 fatty acids and corn fed beef is high in bad omega-6 and that's what causes clogged arteries... which in turn leads to use of prescription drugs. Here again it's all about money.
In addtion, growing corn quickly depletes the soil of vital nutrients and results in overuse of chemical fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide that's poisoning our land and water.
Beyond that, switch-grass would have been a better choice for ethanol and grass fed to beef would be healthier for animals and people and neither would require chemicals to be sustainable... but the corporations that make chemicals and drugs have bankrolled politicians and dictate the use of corn for feed and fuel.
Most people are just like cattle and will eat whatever is put in front of them. It's all about money to be made and things will not change unless more people get smarter about who they elect to CON-gress and make smarter choices about what they eat.
Yeah right... like that's going to happen.
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