Is it right to starve people for ethanol?

Question

The use and processing of ethanol is raising the price of corn which in turn is raising the price of corn based food products. This is especailly harming poor people who, in the past, have used corn as an inexpensive food source.
Is it right to starve people for a greener earth?

Answer 1

Let 'em eat rice. I need to get to work.

Long Live Jambi

Answer 2

With increasing the production of ethanol they are also increasing the amount of corn that is grown. The thing is, the corn people eat isn't the corn that's made into ethanol. Therefore making ethanol isn't raising the prices of the corn grown for stores. That has to deal with how much is in stock at the time. The biggest problem for making ethanol is overusing the soil and not giving it enough time to get back nutrients. It has nothing to do with poor people who can't afford to buy corn. Also, some companies are buying land just for the use of corn to be used in ethanol.

Answer 3

There in no right to starve poor people. That may be the end result but not the intent. The American corn farmer has been scrapping by year after year.Every year more farmers go bankrupt. Ethanol is great for our farmers I don't know that it will be a long term answer or just this weeks Grand Idea. As for the people in Mexico, their increase in price has more then one factor. For years the gov. there controlled the price of corn, they just recently stop that practice in the hopes to move into more competitive market place.

Answer 4

Corn is not a scarce commodity. Sometimes it sits in silos for more than a year before being used for hog feed.

If there is an increase in the price of corn it will actually benefit everybody. A price increase will make corn a more viable crop causing more acres of it to be planted which will in turn push the prices back down. More planted acreage also will require more people to plant, tend and harvest it which means more employment opportunities for those willing to work. The bio-fuel industry will also need more workers ranging from uneducated menial to highly skilled.

Oil is running out, it is finite and eventually there will be no more available. We must do something about it now and bio-fuels are one of the major sources of fuel for the future. Unless you want to see mass starvation in a couple more decades I suggest you promote it rather than complain or try to block it.

It is cynically amusing that the liberals who are pushing global warming, which promotes the use of bio-fuels are the same ones who say they are trying to help the poor people. As usual, they are doing at least as much harm as good. Maybe someday people will figure out that their mindless blather is dangerous and start hanging them when they start spouting off.

Answer 5

Ya ever put that gasohol in your gas tank? It costs more per mile with lower performance, in even the smallest engines.

BUT to answer, if corn is our resource, our farmers have the right to compete on the open market.

My guess is that Mexico's new President has identified a new jobs sector to put Mexicans to work at IN Mexico. He could also encourage the building of refineries for Mexican PEMEX oil instead of using US refineries. That country needs INFRASTRUCTURE and JOBS.

Answer 6

No it isn't, and there should be regulations on trade to prevent abuse of the system for a few people's gain. Food and water are not expensive to process and they should be available at sensible prices for everybody.

Answer 7

liberals think so! isn't it amazing how their little "evil oil revenge" plan works so well? i absolutely agree that corn is not the answer to cleaner air. but they don't care. really, they don't... not yet.

Answer 8

I don't have a problem with it.

Corn producers have a right to get the most value for their product