Just want to add again that unlike ethanol which is causing food prices to go up, methanol can be made from ANY plant material. That means we can tell the farmers go back to farming food stuffs and get more farmers to grow grass, or wood in areas not suitable to growing grains. Also it can be made by trapping C02 or from methane gas. So no food production problem.
You want to tell me what I should be planting this year? Cause, here I was thinking we were able to plant whatever worked out best for us. Silly me.
"... get more farmers to grow grass, or wood in areas not suitable to growing grains.
With the cost of inputs these days, I would be really shocked if farmers were planting things that we not getting the best bang for the buck.
"So no food production problem."
This country does not have a 'food production problem'. That was my point to begin with. This country produces far more food than we can consume.
I do understand what you're saying, you are just not saying it with any tact or thought whatsoever. I have absolutely no problem with using ANY plant material, nor do I have a problem with methane. I think that we should develop every possible alternative to oil and gas. But we should be honest in the discussion. We do not have a food production problem.