Agriculture and Fossil Fuel
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David Raish is a George Washington University student from Burlington, Washington majoring in Journalism and Mass Communications.
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Agriculture is an industry that is extremely tied to fossil fuels. It will not be able to make a significant shift towards alternative energy in the future because there are no widely available alternatives and more importantly, no financial incentive. Farmers are in it to be profitable, and if they are going to make a drastic change, they must have assured financial stability. Without an incentive for change, there will be no change. We need to create that incentive.
I sat down with Richard Sakuma of Sakuma Brothers Farms, a berry farm in Burlington, Washington to talk about this issue.
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2 comments for "Agriculture and Fossil Fuel".
1. I agree with the above
I agree with the above poster: it's unfortunate that economics and finances often trump our desire to be kinder to the environment and move away from foreign and/or nonrenewable energy sources, but with unemployment skyrocketing and everyone worrying about money, it's going to be difficult to make that change without some sort of economic incentive.
2. Making economic sense
Would be nice if it wouldn't take 4 or 5 dollar a gallon prices to create that motivation and to make economic sense... but that's probably what it will take.