&gt; Using gas to produce food is just crazy if you think about it.<p>I thought about it.  It sounds like using energy to make a system move in a direction away from the point of lowest energy (decayed fields on a rocky, dead planet), which is basically what the Universe and the human race do for a living.  So it&#x27;s not crazy.<p>Whether or not it&#x27;s the best use of energy, and whether or not the effects on future generations is good or not, I don&#x27;t know.