Green Party - Biofuels Will Cause Food Shortages


	Green Party - Biofuels Will Cause Food Shortages

ColoradoRight

9-19-2007 3:31 PM

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ecology, fuel, food, technology

ColoradoRight says:

And in the US the price of food is on a sharp increase too. But the farmers sure do like their ethanol subsidies.

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