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2/ EV advocates should highlight the Big Ag,Big Auto, BigOil frenemy/alliance
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 6, 2023
The sacrifice zones of farmer friendly biofuel policy— American midwest, Brazil's sugar & Indonesia's palm plantations — are enormous
Ag lobby biofuels are surging after 2022https://t.co/pW9GUSEbZs
3/ Corn Ethanol and biodiesel are a fuel that requires more energy (and oil+subsidies) to produce than it delivers at the pump. But Agribusiness and farmers love it.
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 6, 2023
As Senator Bob Dole said, ethanol wins coz math is 21 farm states = 42 Senators
Result?https://t.co/KkgiFvsBdZ
5/ BigAg use logic energy security:
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 6, 2023
give us subsidies to produce ethanol from crops instead of buying expensive oil from foreigners.
So whenever there is a spike in oil prices -1973,1979, 2000s,2022 -these domestic interests get more subsidies to convert land for food to feed pic.twitter.com/b3uEFuTTEr
7/ Since 2022, Agribusiness lobbies in US, Europe, Brazil, Indonesia are driving a new biofuel boom, this time for not just for cars, but planes & ships.
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 6, 2023
Bad idea. Biofuels take away land from food, & make food more expensive. https://t.co/BQ5m10qvyShttps://t.co/vUdE4AIu0x
good thread on our mad bad dangerous policy of feeding crops to cars https://t.co/0HWJIUJvUM
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 7, 2023
good thread on our mad bad dangerous policy of feeding crops to cars https://t.co/0HWJIUJvUM
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 7, 2023
9/ We put Corn in cars. Mistake
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 10, 2023
We put Sugarcane in cars. Mistake
Now with a worldwide EV boom we have a chance to leave petrol and ethanol behind. Only problem? Gigantic Agribusiness lobby in major countries that will fight EVs https://t.co/mgUlfuHdz3https://t.co/pXTIyZmSc1
thanks for kind praise. Please do let us know when we are wrong; this poly crisis has just strengthened my belief that we rely on collective intelligence in this mad world.
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) September 7, 2023
and you can find our collective series here: https://t.co/L6Oeqx9k4R
They will fight hard against this shift for their own interest, eliminating these two things will substantially save the consumer a lot of money and remove power for the existing petrol car cartels.