In a few months, E10 car fuel will be available. This is both good and bad;- good, because it means we burn a fraction less fossil fuel, replacing it with fuel from a plant source; and bad because the resources given to growing this fuel crop could have been used to feed human beings. So it’s hard to know what to choose. As a binary choice, this stinks. But maybe there are other options. A different mode of transport – or a car fuelled by electricity from renewable sources for instance. I’m reminded of Jesus weighing in to the old controversy about whether to worship God in Jerusalem or on the Mountain, by saying worship in spirit and truth.
God help us with difficult choices-
may we be wise,
may we have the imagination
to see things a different way.
May we be inspired by your spirit.
Be with us as we struggle
with what to do next.