Biofuel Food Crisis
Yes, we’re starving for energy. From the ”Hate to say I told you so” file comes this tasty tid-bit from Discovery News for the Biofuel Biofools:
April 29, 2008 — A “biofuels frenzy” and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which rice consumption is outpacing production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition, experts said Tuesday.
International agriculture researchers warned that farmers will need 2366i nokia ringtones | cingular download free ringtones | download free ringtones to cellular phone | download new ringtones free | free nextel ringtones | convert mp3 to ringtones | motorola tracfone ringtones | download free cricket ringtones | sprint pcs vision ringtones | free nokia mp3 ringtones | 24 ringtones freeкомпютри втора употреба | 24 ringtones | download free alltel ringtones | download free ringtones yahoo | virgin mobile usa ringtones | disney free mobile ringtones | free sprint ringtones | download free sprint ringtones | free cingular wireless ringtones | motorola ringtones maker | to double global food production by 2030 to meet rising demand, and said countries should impose a moratorium on grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to rein in skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, soybeans and wheat.
“For the first time, it’s been clear that we are consuming more rice than we are producing globally,” said Robert Zeigler, head of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute.
“That is eventually unsustainable,” he told reporters on a conference call. “We have demand growth that continues unabated, and demand is driven by population (and) economic growth.”
Joachim von Braun, director general of the U.S.-based International Food Policy Research Institute, cited “major policy failures” at the core of the crisis, in which recent food price spikes have led to violent riots and threats of starvation in poor nations, and prompted United Nation calls to lift export bans.
