says here GORE is to blame for the food shortages

[underpants]

Fox News: ‘Blame Al Gore For Your Rising Food Prices’»

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/12/gore-food-fox/

Yesterday on Fox News’s Hannity’s America, host Sean Hannity attempted to blame Al Gore for skyrocketing global food prices:

But how did the food shortage become so acute so fast? The growing consensus is that the crop deficit is directly related to the increased demand for production of, quote, “earth friendly” bio fuels, an effort pushed by none other than the vanquished vice president Al Gore and all in the name of quote, “saving the planet.”

Fox News also promoted the segment on its website with the headline, “Gore’s Grocery: Blame Al Gore for your rising food prices.” Watch it:

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Hannity pins ethanol production — and hence, the entire food crisis — on Gore by pointing to a 1998 statement in which the then-vice president said he was “proud to stand up for the ethanol tax exemption when it was under attack in Congress.” But as Ellen at News Hounds points out, Hannity failed to mention that more recently, Gore has endorsed cellulosic ethanol over corn-based ethanol.

Additionally, there is no one cause for the food shortage. Biofuel production has been a factor but is not solely responsible. The real culprits are: changing diets, global warming and drought, high energy costs, and investors fleeing the dollar and going into commodities.

Later in the segment, Hannity once again attempted to smear Gore by falsely stating that he said Tropical Cyclone Nargis was a consequence of “global warming.” As The Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson pointed out, this allegation is based on a doctored clip of an NPR interview with Gore.



http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/05/09/roberts/index.html

How about the other big, new contender, ethanol?


Cellulosic ethanol. Different from corn-based ethanol. I think it is going to be a huge new source of energy, particularly for the transportation sector. You're going to see it all over the place. You're going to see a lot more flex-fuel vehicles. You're going to see new processes that utilize waste as the source of energy, so there's no petroleum consumed in the process -- that makes the energy balance uniformly positive, so you can regrow it and it does become, in a real sense, renewable. You may also begin to see a new generation of fuel cells that run on cellulosic ethanol, where you can grow your own electricity. I think it's going to play a huge role.

[Catshrink]

1. And here I thought it was the clenis.

damn environmentalists.

[rurallib]

2. no - carter

he was the first pres to care about oil dependency. And he supports terrists

[tjwash]

6. Damn, here I was thinking it was John Quincy Adams. He struggled to get us off of whale oil you know

nt

[ellie]

3. This is a big

argument on usenet. All the brain-dead repukes spout this nonsense.

[tjwash]

4. Yeah...that 4 dollars a gallon gas, and upwards of 4.75 for Diesel has nothing to do with it.

Fucking repukes. Yeah fox...when one considers how much money and political influence in DC the environmental movement has compared to the oil industry, it's staggering. :eyes:

Not to mention that Gore endorses ethanol and not bio-diesal.

[underpants]

7. November of 2006 was the last time any enviros were allowed on air

to talk about how they *SHOCK* could show that ethanol was a bad idea. Basically the topic was dropped until the campaigns and the oil money came aflowing in early 2007 then EVERYONE thought it was the best idea they had ever heard of (road to DC goes through Iowa you know) and you haven't seen an enviro on TV since. FAIR should look into this

Oh and this is a LTTE I got into our local paper a few years ago (page is gone now but it was published)

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/underpants/45

I also posted this in July 2006

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/underpants/44

[Johonny]

5. What is Al Gore

hording all that food in his big house?