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Nah we just need to stop growing food for diesel


The distillers grain that is left over from biofuel production is fed to cows and makes up a significant fraction of all cattle feed. If we stopped, that corn would still be planted but beef would get more expensive.


Well, we also need to eat less meat. The American west can sustain vast herds of ruminants in land that is not suitable for farming.


We don't all need to do anything. You can do as you please.


Seems like lower corn prices, higher beef prices, some marginal environmental benefit, and lower fuel prices is kind of reasonable trade off all-told if that was where it netted out.




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