tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790921013681182686.post297174807487330717..comments2020-10-26T22:28:52.084-05:00Comments on Poultry Management: Fat to fuelG. F. Barbatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09416043925683981826noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790921013681182686.post-74841633465462504092008-03-03T12:09:00.000-05:002008-03-03T12:09:00.000-05:00btw ... the NYTimes has finally figured it out (re...btw ... the NYTimes has finally figured it out (<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/opinion/03mon1.html" REL="nofollow">regarding corn prices</A>!!)G. F. Barbatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416043925683981826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790921013681182686.post-72675824253173235792008-02-29T17:51:00.000-05:002008-02-29T17:51:00.000-05:00I guess that you have to look into a situation lik...I guess that you have to look into a situation like this with the mentality that “every little bit helps” when it comes to alternative fuels. I still for the life of me don’t understand who decided we should grow corn and soy and not eat it, rather we should render it down and shove it in our cars. Great idea if you want to ramp up food prices and degrade the environment a little more. “Lets go green here and stop using fossil fuels by clearing the forests to plant corn and stuff to save us from the guilt of ruining the natural land.” That makes a whole lot of sense. As for using animal fat to power your cars and homes, this idea seems a bit scary too. I doubt that this could ever be a really strong industrial changeover because of the underlying ethical issues of using animal fat for fuel. You would have a whole bunch of animal rights folks and vegetarians alike that wouldn’t partake if the consumption of that sort of fuel. How long would it be until we were raising production animals for their lipid content and harvesting them simply to extract the fat and grease to power our cars? The whole idea seems sketchy to me.C. Olkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325003619054624698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790921013681182686.post-21791539125367132212008-02-29T17:36:00.000-05:002008-02-29T17:36:00.000-05:00I find this to be interesting on more than one lev...I find this to be interesting on more than one level. on one hand its interesting that the waste products can be put to good use. On the other hand companies larger companies can now be completely vertically integrated, which could result in lower food prices!A.T.Pullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227276617399762976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790921013681182686.post-63008149444870005482008-02-28T09:40:00.000-05:002008-02-28T09:40:00.000-05:00Finally this "waste" is being used for something. ...Finally this "waste" is being used for something. One can only hope that in some way this new fuel will bring down ethanol prices and in turn corn prices.K. Lutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195579533561104334noreply@blogger.com