Only caught part of the state of the union speech but one thing stood out on biofuel? A four fold increase in production by 2017!
He also spoke about "cellulose" production of bio fuel, which would probably be grass and other forage as well as wood waste products?
The bottom line is a huge chunk of land is going to be shifted from food production into energy production?
I would suggest a similar solution for Canada would be very helpful for the Canadian farmers viability?
What would happen if the production of every available acre of farm land in Canada could be consumed domestically? No more need to export grain,beef, pork...because the best price for production would be right in our own country? No more need to get beat up by foreign subsidies in the export markets?
Canada is a small country in population? Canadian farmers produce too much food for our domestic market? It makes total sense to reduce that food supply to what the domestic market demands...isn't that exactly what supply management does?
At the same time we would be filling a domestic energy market, burning a "greener" fuel, getting our farmers out of the taxpayers pocket? A win-win situation all around?
He also spoke about "cellulose" production of bio fuel, which would probably be grass and other forage as well as wood waste products?
The bottom line is a huge chunk of land is going to be shifted from food production into energy production?
I would suggest a similar solution for Canada would be very helpful for the Canadian farmers viability?
What would happen if the production of every available acre of farm land in Canada could be consumed domestically? No more need to export grain,beef, pork...because the best price for production would be right in our own country? No more need to get beat up by foreign subsidies in the export markets?
Canada is a small country in population? Canadian farmers produce too much food for our domestic market? It makes total sense to reduce that food supply to what the domestic market demands...isn't that exactly what supply management does?
At the same time we would be filling a domestic energy market, burning a "greener" fuel, getting our farmers out of the taxpayers pocket? A win-win situation all around?
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