Biofuels are bad for you


	Biofuels are bad for you

markbaard

6-29-2007 8:22 AM

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biofuels, global warming, globalization, un, united nations, clima

markbaard says:

Farmers are being threatened by the rush to grow feedstock for biofuels processing, the Beeb reports today. With giant agribusinesses planting hundreds of millions of acres of inedible crops, food prices, too, will jump in the poorest countries.

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6-29-2007 12:16 PM

Heitz669

Food prices will jump in the rich countries too.

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