January 30, 2005
Freedom fuel?
Archer Daniels Midland and big agribusiness's message carriers in Congress and the Wisconsin Legislature have treated us to a steady campaign of misinformation about ethanol for a long time now. They call it the "green fuel" even though it isn't, and they say it will help Wisconsin farmers even though it doesn't, and so on.
Now that the United States is at war with the entire Arab world, ADM's shameless flacks have come up with one more reason: it's patriotic! They have even taken a page from the book the geniuses behind "freedom fries" have written, and are calling ethanol "freedom fuel." Nice touch.
As FightingBob.com contributing editor Christa Westerberg has explained on the site, several Wisconsin residents have come together and formed the Wisconsin Initiative for Sustainable Local Environments (WISLE) to educate people about the problems with ethanol and to assist communities throughout the state in fights against ethanol plants. WISLE has helped run ethanol out of Menomonie, Arlington, Elba, Algoma, Nekimi and Cambria.
Ethanol plants are environmental disasters, emitting toxic pollutants and strong odors. It takes so much water, natural gas and other resources to produce ethanol that the "green fuel" consumes more energy than it saves. And forcing farmers to grow so much unnecessary corn invites even more environmental damage.
But nevermind all of that, freedom is at stake!
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