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> -----Original Message----- > From: Tod E. Santee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:31 PM > To: quad-list@eskimo.com; John S. > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] shift happens - Now & in the Future > > Hmmmm... About this: > > There is no reason to use corn to make ethanol unless you intend to > > drink it. Faster growing starch producing plants could be used to make > > more ethanol faster..... > > -- AND -- > > > The government does not consider studies of marijuana > > as valid unless it was grown for the purpose of making rope. > > What if it was grown to produce ethanol? After all, it grows like a weed! > > --Tod > Tryin to be forward thinking > > ---- "John S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heres are some horrible little facts that have been widely ignored. > 1.3 billion people have no access to drinkable water. By 2040 half the > worlds population will not have safe water to drink. > If America continues to buy up world corn surpluses to make fuel > worldwide famine will increase by 200 percent in 10 years. Food riots have > already happened in 8 third world nations that depend on cornbread for > daily calorie needs. > There is no reason to use corn to make ethanol unless you intend to drink > it. Faster growing starch producing plants could be used to make more > ethanol in less time without endangering world food reserves. The use of > such plants is illegal. > Medicare pays for viagra but not birth control pills or condoms. > The government does not consider studies of marijuana as valid unless it > was grown for the purpose of making rope. > Pigs raised for medical harvesting of heart valves and thyroid glands are > destroyed as medical waste. > Finally, it is against the law to lie to anyone on the phone claiming to > be a federal investigator. (Ask Martha Stewart.) > In Kansas a law reads: "When trains meet at a > crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither > shall proceed until the other has gone." > In Cleveland, Ohio you need a hunting permit to trap or kill mice. > I personally blame it all on a lack of asylums. > > john > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tod E. Santee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:29:22 PM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] shift happens - Now & in the Future > > Yep... technology is an incredible, useful, and evolving tool with a path > that's had to predict. Not long ago, nobody would have thought Ray > Kurzweil could teleport himself from his office (in MA, I believe) to a > stage in Tucson to give a lecture and answer questions while looking at > you face-to-face! But he did it. > > Kurzweil is an amazing futurist focusing on technology that seems straight > out of sci-fi. > > Check his site at www.kurzweilai.net ... could blow your mind! > > --Tod
