[kellynla]

Sounds reasonable to me, but whatever the sources whether they be ethanol, biodiesel, nuclear or whatever; we've been down this road since the seventies and it's time to FINALLY get off the dime and start resolving the problem!

If we had done in the seventies what Brazil started doing;
we would be totally self-sufficient today as Brazil is.

Personally, I quit commuting in 1979, started working out of my house and never looked back.

[bert]

.....I quit commuting in 1979, started working out of my house and never looked back.....

I downsized my company to "me" in 1994. My little business has grown and I no longer commute. However, I have developed clients far flung places and drive in excess of 500 miles a month to serve them. go figure

[Cloverfarm]

As far as energy independance, we are smart enough in this country to do it. We just haven't had the will for years.

As far as farm subsidies, not every farmer participates because it's a one-size-fits-all program but doesn't work for all farms. DH and I participated in the Milk Income Loss Program for about 18 months. It just prolonged the agony until we sold the dairy cows.

After that, it's been all free market. Since we don't have highly productive corn ground we've gone into specialized products -- hay for horses; and freezer beef.

I hate to hear people complaining about farm prices, though, especially when almost everyone in our country looks pretty fat and happy ;-)

For perspective -- we are basically living on DH's income on straight sales. We aren't living high on the hog, but that's our own fault for the choices we made. Not blaming anybody else -- not the government and not consumers.

Ann

[thackney]

If we had done in the seventies what Brazil started doing;
we would be totally self-sufficient today as Brazil is.

Yep, we just need to drill our oil like they did.