"Carl 1 Lucky Texan" wrote in message
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Charlie wrote:

Full article at:

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/27/1485/

Battle for Biofuels Drives World Food Prices Higher


America’s thirst for environmentally friendly biofuels
is driving up food prices around the world as farmers
scramble to devote more land to corn.

Yeah, growing food for cars MAY be immoral.

Makes sense doesn't it. Convert food stocks, grown on arable land easily
devoted to a variety of uses, to fuel. Use almost as much energy to make the
fuel as the fuel actually yields. Yep, makes sense to me.

making bio-diesel from sewerage waste. Will not meet our current fuel usage
but can go some way to meeting current demand, uses a waste (shit) to make a
fuel and does not lock up arable land (grows on sewerage ponds). Moreover it
cleans the water.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC060...TOKEN=67777452

grain production vs consumption
http://www.fas.usda.gov/grain/circul...06/graint2.gif

rob