'Bio-fuels', agribusiness & the food crisis

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Uploaded by on Apr 4, 2008

Cuban permaculturist Roberto Perez explains the new food crisis imposed on the Third World as agribusinesses turn food crops into bio-fuel.

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  • The way I see it, the corn that is grown in the United States BELONGS to the United States. If the American people would like to burn their corn, then they are fully within their rights to do so.

    If the rest of the world doesn't like this, then they can bugger off and grow their own corn.

  • Does the same logic apply to the US and its approach to oil and other resources that belong to other countries? How many invasions, coups, assasinatins, etc have been carried out by the US to "protect" its access to other people's resources?

  • ethenol is a fuel additive fools. octane booster and clean air additive. It well never replace oil 100%. maybe 50/50 mix at the most. The world will just have to be a little more hungery.

  • Which part of the world would that be?

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  • @leirgauk

    WTF do we have to do with Africa? That was Europe's mess. The Europeans carved up Africa in the 19th century, while the USA was busying conquering everything between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. So, no, the United States does not owe Africa corn. Furthermore, you use the word we, but I definitely don't owe Africa anything.

    I don't even use ethanol, it's bad for your car, anyways. I'm just making the point that no one is entitled to the crops that a farmer grows.

  • @dkrustyklown "If the American people would like to burn their corn, then they are fully within their rights to do so.

    If the rest of the world doesn't like this, then they can bugger off and grow their own corn."

    Since you haven't noticed, I just wanna let you know that all of Africa has been deprived of it's capability to grow anything and thus also it's access to any rain whatsoever, all thanks to the colonization period.

    So, no, they can't grow their own corn, and we DO owe them our corn.

  • 1. He was talking about bio fules produced on farms.

    2. He wasn't talking about a political system.

    3. Bio-fules are an alternative to fossil fuels.

    4. He said its an economically good idea to produce bio-fules for third world countries.

    In all regard I think your doing libel and he is most certainly within his freedom of speech.

  • yeaa.. maybe, I am not educated, yes but at list

    I don't use profanity, like an uneducated

    peasant that only now violence has a way to

    discussion.

    and if you sympathize some much with the

    communist.. move to Cuba, North Korea or China

    LOSSER!!

    HOOooo... y almost forgot to tell-you...

    WI live in a democracy and WI exercise free

    expression!!

  • aprt from your anti comunist crap and stupid criticism of things your dont understand, what else you propose

  • yes the Chinese growth have Ben archived whit the suffering of countless millions and

    thousands of dead's, the reaping of their

    resources an environment. and more to cum.

    Don't forget that to achieve this growth they

    had the "Most prefer nation status"

    The help of our corporations, industry,

    capitol, and the biggest market.. wide open.

    Something that, may cum back, to hunt us,

    some day.

    They are still communist, you now?

  • Just a lot of talk, from another talking head

    Just a little glitch, in our democracy run economies, and all this socialist, communist star salivating like babies.

    Sorry.. but the only losers are you, and your "economic model" (communist misery)

    you have nothing to pass to the world, butt sorrow and hate.

  • I'm pretty sure peterboyle53 is referring to shadier operations than WW2...

  • Cuba always seems to be 2 or 3 steps ahead of the rest of us -whos us? cuba compared to china is in the stone age in every areabut that only means theres room for great improvementexample china once a poor nation now has world dominance in industral manufacturing ,building &growth on a never before seen speed &scale in the history of mankind

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