On Driving

"The amount of grain needed to fill the tank of an SUV with ethanol just once can feed one person for an entire year. The average income of the owners of the world’s 940 million automobiles is at least ten times larger than that of the world’s 2 billion hungriest people. In the competition between cars and hungry people for the world’s harvest, the car is destined to win."

This is pretty stark data if you follow this link. It will have to be addressed. On a side note I think it’s interesting how we pick on people who drive SUV's. The reality is, the amount of grain needed to fill the tank of a 2002 Dodge Stratus, sporting a 4 banger, a broken bumper, squealing brakes, and a front seat upholstered in Burger King wrappers, with ethanol just once can feed one person for half a year. I guess that's much more justifiable. It’s 20 degrees outside with a foot of snow on the ground. Those poor bastards are just gonna have to starve till it warms up cause I'm driving to work.