December 19, 2011 - I'd never heard of the website known as Minyanville ( http://www.minyanville.com/ ) before I read the article I want to discuss today. The article, "Renewable Energy Crop Production Set to Soar in US," was first printed at oilprice.com, with no author's name shown. Biofuels have suffered from an image problem ever since Bush II prematurely decided they were a good idea, notwithstanding the fact they were made out of food. The resulting starvation in countries accustomed to eating corn (which is actually low in calories, or energy) has been only one side effect of our least intelligent President's passing thought. That's why a crop called camelina will solve multiple problems, not just the shortage of jet fuel. It's taken awhile to get biofuels up and running because of the lack of USDA federal crop insurance. A wonder crop was needed, one that could withstand assorted growing conditions and still be a moneymaker. A number of cr...
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