Thursday, July 17, 2008

The global food crisis: Stop putting corn in your gas tank.

According to The Guardian, the World Bank reveals , in a secret report, that the use of biofuel ( mainly ethanol from corn) forced global food prices up by 75 %, instead of the 3 % previously indicated by the Bush Administration.
The report was not released to avoid " embarrassing President Bush " said a World Bank senior official. If you want 200 million people to starve keep putting corn in your gas tank.

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