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[frandroid]

Next year, the use of US corn for ethanol is forecast to rise to 114 million tonnes - nearly a third of the whole projected US crop. American cars now burn enough corn to cover all the import needs of the 82 nations classed by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as "low-income food-deficit countries". There could scarcely be a better way to starve the poor.

Source, thanks missioncontrol. The article also compiles a list of food riots so far this year.

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[everynewmorning.livejournal.com]

The Ogallala is basically one of the only things distinguishing Nebraska from other states that's actually good (No, our exceptionally high residual KKK membership, unicameral legislature and trigger-happy first ban on gay marriage are not, even in Nebraska, considering "good")...so everyone high school student has to right this bizarre letter of praise essentially addressed directly TO the Ogallala itself. Thankfully, Bush allowed Nebraska to make it part of the No Child Left Behind standardized testing. So yeah, ask anyone from my home state and they should know something about it.

But hey, the tap water in Nebraska tastes holy-fuck amazing as a result. (That hasn't helped tourism, but hey...)

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

You're intriguing me. Next hitch-hiking trip I do in the U.S., I'm detouring by there.

Sadly, it seems more and more likely that I won't go on a hitch-hiking trip ever again.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Should you go to Nebraska again, could you bring back some of this holy-fuck amazing water? =)