Saturday, April 12, 2008
Food and Water; or Ethanol?
So, could it be that we are jeopardizing our food supply, AND our water supply, while NOT drilling for oil.
I really think it's time for our politicians to think things through before writing laws that could hurt us in the long run?...
I really think it's time for our politicians to think things through before writing laws that could hurt us in the long run?...
This is from the Economist.com website:
"OFFICIALS in Tampa, Florida, got a surprise recently when a local firm building the state's first ethanol-production factory put in a request for 400,000 gallons (1.5m litres) a day of city water. The request by US Envirofuels would make the facility one of the city's top ten water consumers overnight, and the company plans to double its size. Florida is suffering from a prolonged drought. Rivers and lakes are at record lows and residents wonder where the extra water will come from."
