Although fuel shortages (and the accompanying high prices) hurt; food shortages are even worse.
As I've written over the past several months, the self-inflicted energy shortages in Europe have resulted in shortages of fertilizer. The War between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in crises level shortages of both fertilizer and wheat.
2022 WILL be a year of massive global food shortages and there is a high possibility there will be famines like we have not seen since the Carter era.
A Whole New Level of Hypocrisy
In the face of surging inflation and global starvation, a wise leader might reverse their idiotic, anti-energy policies.
But NOT Joe... his actions are beyond hypocrisy and border on pure evil.
Joe has announced that his administration will ignore environmental regulations and allow E15 (i.e. 15% ethanol) gasoline to be sold. There are multiple problems with this decision.
- Ethanol is an inferior fuel compared to gasoline. Ethanol contains less energy per gallon than gasoline or diesel. (It's science).
- Because it has less energy per gallon, ethanol fuel will yield worse mileage. Every dime you save at the pump is an illusion because you have to burn more gallons and fill-up more often. Burning ethanol is bullshit. (It's science)
- Ethanol is made from corn (aka: FOOD). Corn is one of humanity's primary alternatives to wheat.... the wheat that will become incredibly scarce later this year.
Joe is willing to burn FOOD to create the illusion of lower gas prices during the worst humanitarian food crisis in generations. He isn't doing this for the 'working people', he certainly isn't doing it for the environment, he absolutely isn't doing this to prepare for a humanitarian food crises.
NO, this POS is doing it to get a small boost in the polls before the midterms. He knows that millions will starve because they can't get Ukrainian wheat or American corn. He knows... and he does NOT give a shit.
Joe should be held accountable for every famine related death in 2022-2023 and then put on trial for Crimes Against Humanity.
Here ya' go... right from NPR. Of course it's Trump's fault and Putin's fault that we've had runaway inflation for 15 months. If you believe that, please move to California or Venezuela.
www.npr.org/2022/04/12/1092222231/in-an-exception-to-the-clean-air-act-biden-will-allow-e15-gas-to-be-sold-this-su