Fry potato on I-15

Bud A. said: ↑

We need to figure out a way to put ethanol into diesel, too, so all the corn farmers can keep .... um .... feeding the world. And stuff.

Seriously, when I was a kid growing up in the midwest, you never saw million-bushel piles of corn sitting outside waiting to be fed into the ethanol plant. There were no ethanol plants. Now they're everywhere. Some of that land should be allowed to go fallow for a couple of seasons to restore soil health, and all of the chemical farming that goes on should be greatly reduced. Heck, they even spray crops with dessicants now so they don't have to wait for the plants to dry up for harvest.

The whole "better living through chemistry" and "rotate corn and soybeans for cash" crap that started in the 60s has turned into a disaster. Where are all the birds? They don't have any insects to eat. Where are all the insects? They're dead and Farmer Bob is getting 15 bushels an acre more! He's getting paid less by Cargill and Monsanto than he was 30 years ago, but he's getting 15 bushels an acre more!
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It requires planning years in advance to achieve all that you have mentioned. My own wacky conspiracy is that a massive famine is in the works.

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