Originally Posted by pedex
the other elephant in the room not being talked about is water
while the US doesnt have any super serious water issues yet, there are places where it is becoming a big problem, ethanol isnt gonna help that at all
all these things are tied together, its systemic, and must be approached as such, single "magic bullet" type knee jerk decisions wont work very well
Absolutely. Maybe the US doesn't have any water issues that currently impact usage, but the usage levels have significantly impacted the environment. Most western rivers are just about dead. Only saline sludge flows into gulf of baja from the colorado river after all the usable water has been taken out and agricultural wastewater seeps back in.
A great read is a book called
Cadillac Desert.
Al