Thursday 24 April 2008

I'm against bio-fuels

I'm against bio-fuels.

The demand for bio-fuels turns good farming land into the factory for the production of fuel for motor vehicles - mainly driven in affluent societies - and drives up food prices. Why feed cars when we could be feeding our fellow human beings? The world's rich are doing little to help. As demand for bio-fuel increases we'll see pressure on struggling farmers to cut production of crops that could feed their families and grow corn for fuel. As the cycle escalates we'll see the wealthy buying out small farmers to get their hands on the means of producing lucrative bio-fuel crops. Little will be done to care for the land, and even less for the communities affected.

The real answer to global warming is less consumption, constrained population growth, and genuinely renewable energy supplies. Get rid of bio-fuels before we create anarchy.

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