[FreeInWV]

Be sure & read the whole article.

Isn't biofuel making the world a wonderful place?

[RightWhale]

Food riots will be possible only in the first stages of famine.

[nyconse]

Every action has a reaction. I am not smart enough to know if this is due to bio-fuels or just plain speculation, but it seems there is always some kind of crisis that increases the price of some commodity.

[muawiyah]

Yup. Increased production of specific crops has served to support the bio-fuel industry. For all practical purposes no crops intended for human or animal consumption were diverted to biofuels.

However, this last growng season there was a substantial loss in the wheat crop in the Southern Hemisphere. What had been a world supply worth 60 days of wheat turned into a world supply worth 30 days of wheat.

Simple math tells you where the pressure is coming from ~ if wheat is in short supply, then other grains must be drawn on to make up the shortage. That, in turn leads to a chain of localized shortages and price rises as these other grains are diverted to other places and uses.

If we have a cool, dry summer in the Northern Hemisphere like we had in the Southern Hemisphere the wheat shortage will probably result in widespread famines and deaths in the millions.

A little Global Warming would be most welcome this year!

Take your complaints to the Algore.

BTW, this will be good for the United States' economy. The embargos against our bioengineered corn, wheat, rice and other plants will broken as starving people demand food to eat. We will probably be able to recover half or more of our outstanding debt burden in just a couple of years if we work this right.

[eyedigress]

I sent a personal message to Bill Haslem. Mayor of Knoxville and owner of Pilot Oil. No response. F’em

[fella]

Who was it that said “The world is just 3 meals away from anarchy”?

[SunkenCiv]

Wow. I guess “in before the first biofuels nonsequitur” isn’t going to work.