Crude and Kerosene

When minding my own business, just making the bed, clearing out the clutter, watering tomatoes, and figuring out what to have for dinner, would make life so easy; I wonder why I get side tracked like I do?

Ethanol seems to be one of the solutions for the gasoline problem in America. At the pump it appears that the more of it in one's gasoline the less expensive the cost. Not too long ago that was not the case. "Senator John Thune (South Dakota) says passing the energy bill will dramatically increase ethanol demand and guarantee a good market for South Dakota farmers."

It isn't just South Dakota, ethanol plants are being promoted and built throughout the American corn belt. Good for agribusiness. Good for the corporate and small farmers, good for gas guzzling suv owners. But the upshot is what about the hungry world?

"In developing countries, 6 million children die each year, mostly from hunger-related causes.

In the United States, 13 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger."

They certainly cannot stir up a cup of crude and wash it down with kerosene.