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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:18 AM Original message |
India: The edible oil crisis |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. something else for me to stock up on. |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Short answer? No. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think I'm going to make up a "guerilla marketing" sticker to slap on biofuel pumps. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not that I disagree, but didn't I see you driving a biodiesel car on the news? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes you did. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Hey, at least it could also run on synthetic diesel. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I don't worry about it - I'm not Al Gore |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Good luck with that |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Wrong target. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Good luck with that too |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Absolutely |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Farmer-owned coops produce more corn ethanol than all of US agribusiness combined |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Farmer owned co-ops get the same subsidy money as the big guys |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Where was this picture taken and what role did biofuels play in this situation??? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Ever been in the advertising business? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. and the message is BS |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. So it appears to be effective, then. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes - the "L-word" comes mind here - like Iraqi WMD and ties to Al-Queda |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So do you see any potential for damage due to the use of biofuels? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I think the potential damage for *not* pursuing biofuels is greater than any fake food crisis |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Cotton exports by US, supported by export subsidies are what Africans are concerned about. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Umm...you forgot to post this part of the OP... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Grain and oilseeds are fungible crops. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Less than 3% of the world's small grains production is used for biofuels |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "At the moment" less than 3% of the world's small grains production is used for biofuels |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. how do you stop people from burning corn in a stove ... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Of course you can't |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. you can't stop dozens of small countries ... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I agree. That's why I'm so worried about it. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Perhaps you would be better off... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Since the vast majority of Indians eat almost no meat |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. As the source states, |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. You don't feed cattle wheat |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. If your point is that the OP has nothing to do with the USA, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. On my web site I have a list of things one can do |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. > I picked the battle I was more likely to win. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Got a published DNA sequence for that "meat eating gene"...I'd like to see it. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. The fact that our dentition includes incisors is a bit of evidence, no? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Human dentition is omnivorous - no meat eating required, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. No comment on the substance of the post? |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sorry, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Just because your biodiesel comes from waste doesn't mean everyone's does. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. >What exactly is misleading about the article? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. The basis of my prediction |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Well put. |
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