Leaders warn on biofuels and food

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Two Latin American leaders have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies.

Speaking at the UN in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales said the development of biofuels harmed the world's most impoverished people.

And President Alan Garcia of Peru said using land for biofuels was putting food out of reach for the poor.
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But as food prices climb worldwide, there is a fear that development of biofuels could reduce the production of badly-needed basic foodstuffs.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7359880.stm

[RC]

1. Yeah, but big corporations in the US are making big bucks, so it's justified.

If they are hungry, why don't they get jobs and work for a living like the rest of us. :sarcasm:

[MadHound]

2. There's one biofuel that can fulfill all of our fuel needs, without taking an acre of cropland

That's biodiesel, using algae as a feedstock. Thus no land needed, just water surface, much of which can be supplied by wastewater treatment ponds.

[ronnie624]

3. Opening a UN forum on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples,

Mr Morales said that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change.

"If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system," he said.

Bolivia's left-wing president said unbridled industrial development was responsible for the pillaging of natural resources.


He gets it. The world desperately needs more leaders like Evo Morales.

[Uncle Joe]

4. This combined with the disappearance of the bees used for pollination

of approximately 30% of our crops will put a major strain on food supplies.


Thanks for the thread, edwardlindy.

[WA98070]

5. Another fine example of our government exploiting a legitimate need for corporate greed.