Comments on: Corn hits a new record — $6 a bushel http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:18:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Josh Buckley http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-20567 Josh Buckley Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:19:47 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-20567 Yah for the government to suggest , suggest with positive reinforcement the greed for space and surplus for farmers to grow freak weeds that spit out cob replicas is the sort of irresponsible indifference that makes somebody not smile, check out www.slothbob.com Yah for the government to suggest , suggest with positive reinforcement the greed for space and surplus for farmers to grow freak weeds that spit out cob replicas is the sort of irresponsible indifference that makes somebody not smile, check out http://www.slothbob.com

]]> By: John http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-20424 John Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:15:11 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-20424 GOOD. we should not be using food (corn, which is grown from fossil fuels) to fuel our cars and feed livestalk. Cows eat grass not corn. And maybe if we didnt have so much corn to make cheap "food" and "sustainable" (not) fossil fuel corn, we wouldnt have a dead zone in the gulf of mexico the size of new jersey, and 1 in 3 of the generation below us wouldnt suffer from diabeties. GOOD. we should not be using food (corn, which is grown from fossil fuels) to fuel our cars and feed livestalk. Cows eat grass not corn. And maybe if we didnt have so much corn to make cheap “food” and “sustainable” (not) fossil fuel corn, we wouldnt have a dead zone in the gulf of mexico the size of new jersey, and 1 in 3 of the generation below us wouldnt suffer from diabeties.

]]> By: John http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-20423 John Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:14:43 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-20423 GOOD. we should not be using food (corn, which is grown from fossil fuels) to fuel our cars and feed livestalk. Cows eat grass not corn. And maybe if we didnt have so much corn to make cheap "food" and "sustainable" (not) fossil fuel corn, we wouldnt have a dead zone in the gulf of mexico the size of new jersey, and 1 in 3 of the generation below us wouldnt suffer from diabeties. GOOD. we should not be using food (corn, which is grown from fossil fuels) to fuel our cars and feed livestalk. Cows eat grass not corn. And maybe if we didnt have so much corn to make cheap “food” and “sustainable” (not) fossil fuel corn, we wouldnt have a dead zone in the gulf of mexico the size of new jersey, and 1 in 3 of the generation below us wouldnt suffer from diabeties.

]]> By: Dianne wonders http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-19332 Dianne wonders Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:04:43 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-19332 How much nutrition do these starving children get from corn? I donate to two charities that help with some starving children and rice is the crop that is used to feed these children because it has a higher protein. Jim you say that Ethanol is to late, but what would be your solution to the higher gas prices. Anything that is not renewable energy would not be a good solution because fossil fuels will no longer be whether it be in 10 years or in 1000 years it does not reproduce itself.. Something to think about. How much nutrition do these starving children get from corn? I donate to two charities that help with some starving children and rice is the crop that is used to feed these children because it has a higher protein.
Jim you say that Ethanol is to late, but what would be your solution to the higher gas prices. Anything that is not renewable energy would not be a good solution because fossil fuels will no longer be whether it be in 10 years or in 1000 years it does not reproduce itself.. Something to think about.

]]> By: Jim http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-17185 Jim Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:27:29 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-17185 An acre of corn (140 plus or minus) bushels yields about 20 gallons of ethanol. With 25,000 children on the planet dying of starvation each and every day, is ethanol a morally acceptable solution to satisfying the American Petroholic? Ethanol is "too little, too late" for a country that has been "too stupid, too long." An acre of corn (140 plus or minus) bushels yields about 20 gallons of ethanol. With 25,000 children on the planet dying of starvation each and every day, is ethanol a morally acceptable solution to satisfying the American Petroholic?

Ethanol is “too little, too late” for a country that has been “too stupid, too long.”

]]> By: charlie c, venice, ca http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-12114 charlie c, venice, ca Tue, 06 May 2008 04:24:24 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-12114 Better to pay our farmers , then pay the rag heads. keep the money here in the usa. Its that simple! Better to pay our farmers , then pay the rag heads. keep the money here in the usa. Its that simple!

]]> By: dianne wonders http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-11822 dianne wonders Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:03:03 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-11822 So many of you want sugar to be used in ethanol and it is from beets. Ethanol is also made from cotton, hemp, and wild grasses. Did you know that the plants that use wild grasses can't turn a profit and that is why we don't here much about it. Did you know that in the 70's when we had a fuel crisis there were those that were trying to find another way to fuel our gas guzzling economy? These people were trying to find a product (crop) that could grow again (renew itself) and supply our thirsty vehicles. They did not turn a profit until the mid 90's and now everyone is blaming farmers for raising food prices. Did any of you think about how the crop is harvested or transported? Those machines that farmers use don't run on ethanol, they use diesel made from oil and people that make those machines have not tried to make the machines so they can run on soy-diesel. The semi-trailers and railroad that transport the products to our grocery stores also use diesel (some soy-diesel). I think people are dumb enough to believe it is the farmers fault and the fact that oil companies just made a huge profit in the first three months (over 12 billion dollars between two companies) of 2008 doesn't make anyone think differently. Maybe we need to point out the the oil lobbyists are doing a good job of keeping the focus off their profits and on the farmers who are finally grouping together and saying enough farms have gone under and the oil companies can start taking the blame for higher food costs. Cynthia and Whatif you are concerned about a dust bowl, if you live in the city this is the least of your worries because it is not your way of life or way that you earn your living. Farmers would be stupid to ruin their own fields and create a dust bowl and then lose their farm on top of it all. Cambel you must want a dust bowl to happen because you think farmers are planting less corn to gain a profit when what is happening is they are rotating crops. If you would take the time to really talk to someone on the front lines of farming maybe you would learn more about it then what the media has to say. Also there are many farmers out there that take some acres out of corn and soybean production for 1 to 5 years and use it for wheat, milo or hay crop to regenerate the dirt without chemicals depending on how much nutrition needs to be revived into the soil. Anonymous you're right we should come up with a way to sustain electricity, because right now we use fossil fuels to produce electricity, but there are those trying to develop a way to havest the wind, methane gas, and water power to sustain electricity. And when these companies start to turn a profit that cut into the bottom line for the fossil fuels we use now you will see a price hike of those fossil fuels, so they can keep there bottom line profits. As for what is happening in Brazil, it is sad that this country that has so many people that they trip over each other is trying to take care of itself. They have companies from other countries that come into the country and cut down the forest to make a profit (and kill the rain forest) from the trees they harvest for our houses and furniture and then turn it over to farmers to plant other crops than trees(they take to long to grow). By the way did you know Brazil had a drought last year and had a very small corn crop? There is more to the deforestation then just farmers that want to plant biofuel crops. Take a harder look. Live on a farm for a year and you will see that the choices we make and the jobs in the city are much more cushy. I did and it changed my perspective about alot of things in my life. I've got it good here in the city. So many of you want sugar to be used in ethanol and it is from beets. Ethanol is also made from cotton, hemp, and wild grasses. Did you know that the plants that use wild grasses can’t turn a profit and that is why we don’t here much about it. Did you know that in the 70’s when we had a fuel crisis there were those that were trying to find another way to fuel our gas guzzling economy? These people were trying to find a product (crop) that could grow again (renew itself) and supply our thirsty vehicles. They did not turn a profit until the mid 90’s and now everyone is blaming farmers for raising food prices. Did any of you think about how the crop is harvested or transported? Those machines that farmers use don’t run on ethanol, they use diesel made from oil and people that make those machines have not tried to make the machines so they can run on soy-diesel. The semi-trailers and railroad that transport the products to our grocery stores also use diesel (some soy-diesel).

I think people are dumb enough to believe it is the farmers fault and the fact that oil companies just made a huge profit in the first three months (over 12 billion dollars between two companies) of 2008 doesn’t make anyone think differently. Maybe we need to point out the the oil lobbyists are doing a good job of keeping the focus off their profits and on the farmers who are finally grouping together and saying enough farms have gone under and the oil companies can start taking the blame for higher food costs.

Cynthia and Whatif you are concerned about a dust bowl, if you live in the city this is the least of your worries because it is not your way of life or way that you earn your living. Farmers would be stupid to ruin their own fields and create a dust bowl and then lose their farm on top of it all.

Cambel you must want a dust bowl to happen because you think farmers are planting less corn to gain a profit when what is happening is they are rotating crops. If you would take the time to really talk to someone on the front lines of farming maybe you would learn more about it then what the media has to say. Also there are many farmers out there that take some acres out of corn and soybean production for 1 to 5 years and use it for wheat, milo or hay crop to regenerate the dirt without chemicals depending on how much nutrition needs to be revived into the soil.

Anonymous you’re right we should come up with a way to sustain electricity, because right now we use fossil fuels to produce electricity, but there are those trying to develop a way to havest the wind, methane gas, and water power to sustain electricity. And when these companies start to turn a profit that cut into the bottom line for the fossil fuels we use now you will see a price hike of those fossil fuels, so they can keep there bottom line profits.

As for what is happening in Brazil, it is sad that this country that has so many people that they trip over each other is trying to take care of itself. They have companies from other countries that come into the country and cut down the forest to make a profit (and kill the rain forest) from the trees they harvest for our houses and furniture and then turn it over to farmers to plant other crops than trees(they take to long to grow). By the way did you know Brazil had a drought last year and had a very small corn crop? There is more to the deforestation then just farmers that want to plant biofuel crops. Take a harder look.

Live on a farm for a year and you will see that the choices we make and the jobs in the city are much more cushy. I did and it changed my perspective about alot of things in my life. I’ve got it good here in the city.

]]> By: Anonymous http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-11678 Anonymous Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:19:30 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-11678 Bob, If your implying that Brazil's biofuels programme has been successful then unfortunately it hasn't. The mass deforestation, which is ongoing to make room for planting biofuel crops will actually contribute to more net CO2 emissions than the combustion of fossil fuels- and this is even before production of a theoretical 'carbon-neutral' fuel!!! My advice to the US government, and every other governement around the world would be to invest heavily in an infrastructure that would support the sustainable production of electricity and the introduction of electric vehicles, because only then might we have a chance at achieving a sustainable lifestyle. Bob,
If your implying that Brazil’s biofuels programme has been successful then unfortunately it hasn’t. The mass deforestation, which is ongoing to make room for planting biofuel crops will actually contribute to more net CO2 emissions than the combustion of fossil fuels- and this is even before production of a theoretical ‘carbon-neutral’ fuel!!!
My advice to the US government, and every other governement around the world would be to invest heavily in an infrastructure that would support the sustainable production of electricity and the introduction of electric vehicles, because only then might we have a chance at achieving a sustainable lifestyle.

]]> By: truthynesslover http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-10474 truthynesslover Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:38:12 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-10474 No shit! anyone who has been paying attention knows corn is the LEAST efficient .Wild grasses, hemp, sugar cane,plants that grow fast without much interferance or chemicals.The ONLY reason corn has been the choice is the american farmer and the power of the farming lobby which is heavily subsidized by us1 No shit! anyone who has been paying attention knows corn is the LEAST efficient .Wild grasses, hemp, sugar cane,plants that grow fast without much interferance or chemicals.The ONLY reason corn has been the choice is the american farmer and the power of the farming lobby which is heavily subsidized by us1

]]> By: David B. Benson http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-10472 David B. Benson Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:19:45 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/03/corn-hits-a-new-record-6-a-bushel/#comment-10472 Another take on corn and prices of essentials: http://www.livescience.com/blogs/author/robbritt/ entitled "Corn: The New Gold". Another take on corn and prices of essentials:

http://www.livescience.com/blogs/author/robbritt/

entitled “Corn: The New Gold”.

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