"WASHINGTON - Some top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 percent during a world food crisis.""The three senior scientists with an international research consortium pushing a biofuel moratorium said nations need to rethink programs that divert food such as corn and soybeans into fuel, given the burgeoning worldwide food crisis."""We need to feed the stomach before we need to feed our cars," said Rattan Lal, an Ohio State University soil sciences professor"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_sc/food_vs_fuel
"WASHINGTON - Some top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 percent during a world food crisis."
"The three senior scientists with an international research consortium pushing a biofuel moratorium said nations need to rethink programs that divert food such as corn and soybeans into fuel, given the burgeoning worldwide food crisis."
""We need to feed the stomach before we need to feed our cars," said Rattan Lal, an Ohio State University soil sciences professor"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_sc/food_vs_fuel
Oh yes, the evil biofuel is making the children starve... I can't hear this anymore.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#Production_levelsBiodiesel: 5..6 million tonnesother vegetable oil: 110 million tonneshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_fuel#By_countryEthanol for fuel: 5 billion in Brasil as one of the biggest producershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Brazil#Sugarcaneneeds 69,000 square kilometresCIA factbook says 7.8% of Brazil is used for agriculture => 660,000 quare kilometers.And what would a reduction of 20% gain, when the price for wheat and corn tripled in the last three years. Thats just half a year or less and its back to the previous level and you get an additional dependency on decreasing fossil oil reserves...Apart from the growing demand in India and China I would think this is the main driving force behind this rapid increase:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–2008_world_food_price_crisis#Financial_speculation
Oh yes, the evil biofuel is making the children starve... I can't hear this anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel#Production_levelsBiodiesel: 5..6 million tonnesother vegetable oil: 110 million tonnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_fuel#By_countryEthanol for fuel: 5 billion in Brasil as one of the biggest producershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Brazil#Sugarcaneneeds 69,000 square kilometresCIA factbook says 7.8% of Brazil is used for agriculture => 660,000 quare kilometers.
And what would a reduction of 20% gain, when the price for wheat and corn tripled in the last three years. Thats just half a year or less and its back to the previous level and you get an additional dependency on decreasing fossil oil reserves...
Apart from the growing demand in India and China I would think this is the main driving force behind this rapid increase:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–2008_world_food_price_crisis#Financial_speculation
>>6356I didn't see anything about evil biofuel in that article, strange.
>>6356"back of the envelope" chicken scratchings with rough estimates.
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