Why the government is stupid.

Did you read, by any chance, the news that British government intends to be using 20 percent biofuels by 2015? Surely this is a good thing, you reply? Wrong, this is yet another example of the government making politically bold statements without pausing to consider the consequences. Scientists are up in arms at this proposal.

By suddenly putting huge demands on biofuels, their price will surely rocket. The myriad cash crop farmers in Brazil and similar places, will jump at the chance to make some big money this way. So what? You say, Surely this is a good thing? Wrong again, This means two things, firstly, they will proceed to carve up the ancient rainforests, in the desperate race to make the most of this agricultural gold rush, utterly defeating the "environmental" message behind it. Secondly, by making the biofuels the most desirable crop to grow, those who have survived on food grown in these farms will starve.

So what? You say, that doesn't affect me here in my comfortable chair, sipping cocoa. Wrong yet again, my ignorant friend. Britain does not make everything it needs. It imports goods. Such as food. Such as the very drink you are drinking now. Hence, by implementing this headline stealing policy, you introduce famine and damage the environment. So stop it. Write a petition or something. The government will take no notice, but the Daily Mail will lap it up, and Rupert Murdoch, the most powerful man in Britain, will subtly spin the policy into something that seems to offend every single ethnic minority in Britain at the same time. Then, because ethnic minorities are involved, the government will bend over backwards to accommodate them, unthinkingly leaning on the natives in the process. Hence, problem solved.


Also, if you are wondering why I didn't make an introductory post, I plan to start as I mean to go on. If you're really that curious, then go look at my profile. Weirdo.