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Title: Save the Planet, Kill a Mexican Post by: Uisce Beatha on January 31, 2007, 05:07:28 PM http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6319093.stm
Quote Under the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico used to get cheap corn imports from the US, but Mexico's Economy Minister Eduardo Sojo has said that with more US corn being diverted into ethanol production, supply is dwindling. [sm_mob] :hungry: :hungry: [sm_mob] (hungry mob) Title: Re: Save the Planet, Kill a Mexican Post by: Eagleone on January 31, 2007, 11:11:12 PM Thought this was your new creed. ;D
Title: Re: Save the Planet, Kill a Mexican Post by: Uisce Beatha on February 01, 2007, 07:10:41 AM Thought this was your new creed. ;D LOL. Noooooooooo. Interesting how systems are intertwined though, eh? Sometimes it's tough to have your cake and eat it too. Title: Re: Save the Planet, Kill a Mexican Post by: Aske on February 01, 2007, 07:24:01 AM I'd like to see which is actually more of a net energy sink
converting the corn to ethanol , or growing it and trucking/railing it down to mexico. |