I also used to worry that the planet can't support all of us.
Then I discovered that 40% of the US corn crop is fed, not to people but to cars' gas tanks. Corn ethanol is a gasoline additive.
That's not a wise use of good farmland.
The story is similar with sugarcane in Brazil and in India.
CelloMom On Cars /
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