Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
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.
But ethonal isn’t…but monocultures are…but overdependence on corn will…but…but…but…nooo! not the tequila! noooooooo!!!!!!! You bastards!
*gasp* hate….U.S….energy…policy…*choke*
C’mon. If anyone knows how bad a tequila hangover is, it’s Bush. He knew it had to go, and all this ethanol bullshit was just a cover for it.
Considering the way post-tequila farts feel, I have to wonder if someone just passed gas in the field and set it ablaze.
See, this is one of those mixed feelings things.
On the one hand, yeah alternative fuel.
On the other hand, the Blue Agave is proof that there really is a god, and s/he wants us to be happy…
Ethanol’s a crappy alternative fuel. It’s doing more harm than it’s solving, if you take into account what the corn crunch is doing to the world’s food supply.