Nov 2007
Demand for biofuels like corn-based ethanol is leading to soaring food prices and political instability. The price of wheat and corn has doubled, hitting the poor particularly hard.
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Nov 2007 Demand for biofuels like corn-based ethanol is leading to soaring food prices and political instability. The price of wheat and corn has doubled, hitting the poor particularly hard.
Backed by generous government subsidies, the ethanol industry is on a mission to "reduce our dependency on imported oil". Its insatiable demand for corn is "driving world commodity markets", pushing up global prices. Prices of eggs, meat and diary products have also shot up because corn is used in animal feed. "A lot of pork farmers could lose money because of high feed costs", complains farmer Randy Hilleman. But it's the poor, whose staple diet is grains, who will be most affected. "The grain it requires to fill a 25-gallon SUV tank with ethanol will feed one person for a year", explains Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute. The ethanol boom could create unprecedented global insecurity. Already tortilla prices in Mexico have increased 60%, prompting people to take to the streets. Sceptics question if ethanol can reduce America's dependence on imported oil. Even if America's entire corn crop was converted to fuel, it would only displace 15 per cent of petrol consumption. As most ethanol plants are powered by coal, doubts have also been cast on its green credentials. But the corn lobby blames high petrol prices for rising food costs and complain of an anti-ethanol conspiracy.
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although I will say this, I do particularly enjoy seeing how much CO2 is pumped into the atmosphere from our day to day activities, its nice to see all the green alternatives for our every day activities..
its the methane the algae produce that we want, and its the carbon dioxide it consumes that also makes it really special...and its not hard to build algae farms, they have a few already
Something I'm positive of is that the President can't know that the use of hydrogen by electrolysis has recently been perfected to conclusively produce completely thorough internal combustion engine performance in avarage gasoline and diesel engines using platinized titanium-based hydrogen generators, easily retrofitted to any vehicle with such type of engine. This is the way to turn heads at the Copenhagen summit, with hard science and proven testing by NASA back in the early Seventies.
Well if it is in your interests pursue it.. I wish you luck. Its just not for me, at the moment. I haven't seen anything, not even meyers or what you have told me significant in any way, Ravi will have to be proffessionally tested.
I'd like to e able to change the world with this technology. I'm only 17 at the moment and I can't do much now though. I wish people would keep an open mind about it, and I don't see why anybody wouldn't think it's a good idea
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One of the most dangerous threats to us is cannabalism.
Why waste food??
You are an illiterate paedophile!!!