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NNadir

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1. Thanks. It's interesting to note that enthusiasm for biofuels has quite a bit to do with the death of the...

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:33 AM

8 hrs ago

...Mississippi delta ecosystem, specifically eutrophication of the river from runoff of fertilizer from the Iowa cornfields dedicated to biofuels.

It's a tragedy, and not really sustainable in any form.

Unfortunately, Iowa, a very red state, gets to sort through our preliminary list of Presidential candidates before the rest of the country. (It made Jimmy Carter, biofuel enthusiast.)

I have never understood why this is, why Iowa.

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Thanks. It's interesting to note that enthusiasm for biofuels has quite a bit to do with the death of the... NNadir 8 hrs ago #1

My pleasure, NN. I'm very glad to found it interesting and I appreciate your reply. littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #2