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According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), global food prices rose 40% in 2007 to the highest level on
record!

See news story at:  http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1227-fao.html

The rush to produce biofuels is a man made disaster, because making
fuel from corn, soybeans, or rapeseed takes more energy to produce
than it yields as fuel.  Biofuel manufacture releases large amounts of
greenhouse gases, including nitrous oxide from fertilizers, which is
296 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
Farming contributes more to global warming than all forms of motorized
land, sea, and air transportation combined, so growing vast amounts of
crops for biofuel will heat up the earth's atmosphere faster than if
we only used imported Saudi Arabian oil.

Most importantly, diverting agricultural resources to biofuel
production skyrockets the prices of food world wide. The United
Nations has officially stated that its charity programs can no longer
afford to feed the starving peoples of the world because of high food
costs created by biofuel production.  Jean Ziegler, the UN's Special
Rapporteur on the Right to Food, denounced biofuels as "a crime
against humanity" and called for a five-year moratorium on their
production.

The heartless message the US Congress has given the low income people
of the world is quite clear; LET THEM EAT BIOFUELS!  Is the
unintentional starvation inflicted on the world by thoughtless
politicians any more morally excusable than the intentional starvation
of innocent civilians ordered by infamous dictators during times of
war?

See "The biofuel hoax is causing a world food crisis!" at:
http://home.att.net/~meditation/bio-fuel-hoax.html

Christopher Calder