There are massive farm subsidies for peanuts, tobacco, and cotton as well as other stuff. This has been going on for so long that the little farmer is not even part of the plan. Agribusiness has taken over the small farms and they are the ones collecting the subsidies. It is ludicrous.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [OT] More wasted money on green energy. end all subsidies for everything. Let the marketplace and technology rule. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Leafe <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [OT] More wasted money on green energy. On Sep 8, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Gary Jeurink wrote: > THERE IS NO NOUBT that renewable energy sources will eventually be > competitive with oil (it WILL run out and get gradually/steadily more > expensive). Hydro/wind/solar sources are expensive to install but not to > maintain and they are local. We must develop these now while we have time > to > perfect them. You build a boat before the flood not during the flood. There's a very good reason that solar is not competitive with oil: we massively subsidize the fossil fuel industry. https://sites.google.com/site/nvcphotos/11 -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4EF6595205C64FCF8C8422FA45F38A27@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
