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Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by @nonymous » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:25 am

this is an interesting article and illustrates why biofuels are not "environmentally-friendly" and in fact are contributing to people starving to death.

this is liberal reformism at it's worst. burning food to power vehicles to make a difference in your carbon footprint is bullshit. try driving less and riding your bike more. time to look at the big picture. . .

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Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

We drive, they starve. The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.

"The reality is that people are dying already," said Jacques Diouf, of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "Naturally people won't be sitting dying of starvation, they will react," he said.

The UN says it takes 232kg of corn to fill a 50-litre car tank with ethanol. That is enough to feed a child for a year. Last week, the UN predicted "massacres" unless the biofuel policy is halted.

We are all part of this drama whether we fill up with petrol or ethanol. The substitution effect across global markets makes the two morally identical.

Mr Diouf says world grain stocks have fallen to a quarter-century low of 5m tonnes, rations for eight to 12 weeks. America - the world's food superpower - will divert 18pc of its grain output for ethanol this year, chiefly to break dependency on oil imports. It has a 45pc biofuel target for corn by 2015.

Argentina, Canada, and Eastern Europe are joining the race.

read more here.
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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by Varg » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:35 am

we'll never be good enough for you...




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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by joseph » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:53 am

bikes are made out of oil

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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by Wheatstache » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:30 am

joseph wrote:bikes are made out of oil
So are dinosaurs.
Seriously

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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by joseph » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:03 am

oil is made out of dinosaurs

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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by Wheatstache » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:17 am

joseph wrote:oil is made out of dinosaurs
This thread is no place for opinions.
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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by joseph » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:20 am

opinions are made out of oil

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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by Hank Fist » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:49 am

people should just not move and get morbidly obese.

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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Post by Joe » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:30 pm

Varg wrote: u mad?
Stop posting really old and stale internet memes, please.

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Re: Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

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u mad?
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