What kind of self delusional moron thought it was a good idea to take what little land is left to grow food on this planet and use it to burn in our cars?   Countless numbers of people are dying each and every day of starvation, yet we as self important westerners believe that ethanol is the answer to our energy problems?   Only a fraction of the population owns a car, yet we are willing to take the food out of some one elses mouth in order to drive it.   Disgusting.

Here on PEI they are considering the idea of putting up an ethanol processing plant.   The farmers are excited as they believe they will be able to get more money for their crops, and the plant will create new jobs.  

In the last few years the provinces only two meat processing plants closed due to bankruptcy, even after millions were given in provincial and federal funding.   Our society has become one where it is cheaper to get beef from another country than to raise the animals in our own back yard!   How did this happen?

The large ethanol companies have already made dirty deals with the governments of third world countries in order to get cheap corn… Farmers are being kicked off their land, and killed if they so much as utter a word of protest.   This allows for the cheapest possible way to obtain the corn for processing, allowing for the largest profit for the large companies.   Are we so blind that we cannot see the fact that local corn will still be to expensive for the companies to make their immense profits?   The only thing an ethanol plant would do here on PEI is further contribute to the pollution problems, our ground water is already poisoned with pesticides and our land eroding away.  

Why can’t people see past the quick fixes and look further into the future.   The only viable solution to our energy woes is in renewable energy sources.    The trillions of dollars spent on the war could have went into research for harvesting the wind and sun’s energy, not senseless killing and slaughter of our fellow man.