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Yes, noted. But Al Gore did this thing, not the farm lobby.
He's been shrieking for years that alternative energy is being suppressed, isn't getting enough funding, is a critical emergency for the planet, accusing his political opponents of being complicit or responsible.
Al Gore wanted us to triple our use of biofuels, he pushed it, and that's exactly what we've done, from 3e6 to 9e6 gallons of ethanol per annum from then to now, mandated by Congress per his vision, at his insistence and persistence.
Farm collectives across America have literally bet their farms building ethanol plants based on the policies Al Gore propounded, based on Al Gore's recommendations for saving the planet.
Too bad he advocated so vociferously never having bothered to do the math.
And, mark my words: this is a bubble (corn-based ethanol), uneconomic, unsustainable, and many farmers will be ruined when it bursts a few years on.
Not to mention inflation, shock to the economy, and the calamity higher prices and scarcer food present to the world's poor.
All because our Nobel prize-winning calamitologist Al Gore skipped some basic arithmetic.
Fortunately everything else that Al Gore says is carefully checked and true.
Best regards, James Arthur