The Oil Drum | JHK: "The ethanol craze means that we're going to burn up the Midwest's last six inches of topsoil in our gas-tanks."

JHK: "The ethanol craze means that we're going to burn up the Midwest's last six inches of topsoil in our gas-tanks."

Posted by Prof. Goose on February 19, 2007 - 7:40pm
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: corn, corn production, ethanol, james kunstler [list all tags]

An open thread to discuss JHK's latest, "The Big Chill." While you're at it, refresh yourself by reading Robert Rapier's many posts on ethanol, which he nailed long ago. ([1], [2], [3], and [4] are just some examples, find the rest by clicking on Robert's name and going through the story list...), as well as EP's "Sustainability, Energy Independence and Agricultural Policy".

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