Of course! I only wanted to repeat that ethanol does not make sense as a long run solution. The short run devastation of the Mexican countryside seems pretty bad, although Julio seems to have a more nuanced view of the subject.
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 04:35:27PM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: > On 1/14/07, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course, with population rising and agricultural land being converted, > > corn-base ethanol does not seem to make much sense as a long-term solution. > > don't you think that the role of increasing population is less > important than the role of separating Mexican rural producers from > direct access to the means of production and consumption and thus > making them totally dependent on capitalists for their survival? > -- > Jim Devine / "Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the > world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it > is the farthest thing from it, because cynics don't learn anything. > Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world > because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us." -- Stephen > Colbert. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
