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b_b · 3653 days ago · link · · parent · post: More alarmist food and ag stuff that we should really, really listen to but won't | Michael Pollan
That's because energy isn't as much of a liability as agriculture. Agriculture has a bunch of Senators from both sides of the aisle. You could never in a million years get anything through the Senate that did thing one to stop Ag from driving us over the cliff. The Senate doesn't have to bend to the will of the people (in fact, that's the whole point of the Senate--to be immune from the people, and why they used to be chosen by state legislatures).Pollan is clearly puzzled by Washington’s fear of food producers. "The energy sector is a powerful lobby," he says, "but the President seems willing to go after them. But not agriculture."