Quote from: RE on Apr 22, 2024, 07:21 PMThe answer of course is simple.  Bayer/Monsanto is a chemical   profit extraction company.

Fixed that, chemists are not in charge and Monsanto soil scientists are not being paid to take care of the soil.  Since Monsanto will monopolize seed on any bio-fuel they can.  Developed by them or stolen by them, I say they are indeed an energy company.

There should be a way to build up soil and sequester carbon and extract an amount of biomass for fuel, all at the same time.  Capitalism can't do it.  In capitalism profit is always maximized.  Building soil and sequestering carbon is not part of the American capitalist equation.  The American capitalist market will also murder its citizens before it accepts regulation of any kind.  In America, profit is anointed as the only authority which determines what is to be done.  Profit chooses to maximize profit.

If you are a janitor who smokes a fat doobie and watches You Tube all day you do not need the same political rights as Bayer does.  Bayer knows what to do with stuff and you don't.  Juergen I am sure is much more able to explain this point of view than I can.  The Trump Supreme Court is hard at work to make sure this point of view remains the law of the land.

At the end of the day, fat doobie or no, keep any ideas of balance to yourself.