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May 30, 2007
One Reason to Distrust the Ethanol Lobby
I get a lot of environmentally conscious email from a sender named "Charlie Peters." I never signed up for these e-comms, but I replied once to something I received, and they never stopped coming after that, even after I requested to unsubscribe.
Whatever. The main thrust of Peters' mission in life seems to be education about the reduction of vehicle emissions in lieu of simply trading petrochemicals for corn-based fuel. I have actually learned something from the barrage, even though I delete a lot of what comes from this guy.
But now I have a real, fighting reason to oppose ethanol as an "alternative fuel." Get this: "Mexican farmers are setting ablaze fields of blue agave, the cactus-like plant used to make the fiery spirit tequila, and resowing the land with corn as soaring U.S. ethanol demand pushes up prices." (TX: Newscoma, Alpha)
Don't burn the blue agave, amigos. I am begging you. You can ask anyone: I make a killer margarita, and such would not be possible without 100% blue agave, reposado tequila. Even the orange liqueur I use is tequila-based.
Let's find an energy source other than corn. Besides, all this ethanol talk is raising the price of food.
I'm in the Kitchen , Miscellaneous | By joe lance | 09:47 PM