Farm area that produced Ethanol stricken by Tornado.

Date:   6/15/2008 11:53:06 PM ( 16 y ago)

9:50 PM
June 15, 08

LA TIMES:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-storm27-2008may27,0,9176...


Tornado twists fortunes of Iowa town
Parkersburg, population 2,000, had seen its economic fortunes improving.
The storm kills four people and destroys at least a third of the town.
By Jay Christensen and P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
May 27, 2008


PARKERSBURG, IOWA -- In a place where a man's fortune often depends
on which way the wind blows, Parkersburg was enjoying a time of bounty.
Farmers across the region, flush from a nation hungry for corn-based ethanol,
had splurged on new tractors and sporty trucks for the first time in years.

Along the main thoroughfare, business was brisk. Civic leaders routinely boasted about how --
in a state without a professional football team --
this hamlet of fewer than 2,000 people had turned out four NFL players
over the last two decades.


http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/2104/tij_20080522_160


Yikes!

This episode of The Iowa Journal examines the debate over whether corn should be used for food or fuel.

Corn-based ethanol has caused a worldwide uproar in recent months. Critics have blamed the renewable fuel for high food costs, growing gas prices, and starvation in developing countries.

But the ethanol picture is not as simple as food versus fuel. In the studio to discuss these issues is Bruce Babcock, Director of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development at Iowa State University.

In this week’s Out and About segment, correspondent Dan Kaercher travels to Pocahontas.

Radio Iowa's Kay Henderson talks with host Paul Yeager about the rally by Sen. Barack Obama in Des Moines earlier in the week. Henderson also discusses the veto of the farm bill.


Food vs. BioFuels?

83% increase in food prices due to Ethanol growers.
See this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeKBVOTnxIY&feature=related


Starving populations project hatred toward Ethanol growing areas.

Is there any connection??????
Starving people to death...
riots in Mexico, Haiti, Pakistan
due to BioFuels growing in the USA.

Trailer to King Corn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiCRwMMh9k8


two guys grow an acre of corn in Iowa.
It was not edible.

Corn Syrup, Watch this Video:
We are eating an awful lot of
High Fructose Corn Syrup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4JfDrbytoM&feature=related


King Corn:
popularity of organic coming in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm0pUSnKhz0&feature=related



 

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