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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Biofuels will steal the meals of the Third World poor and put them in First World gas tanks.

That's quite a statement

4 posted on 10/20/2007 1:33:21 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: eyedigress

Setting aside the imagery — biofuel from foodstock is a bad idea. Food prices have already begun to rise.


7 posted on 10/20/2007 1:43:24 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: eyedigress

Already happening. Prices of corn and grain have hit multi year highs on increased ethanol consumption. Why sell the extra production to the poor, hungry countries in Africa when (due to govm’t intervention) you can make far more money selling it to ethanol plants that service US and EU ?


33 posted on 10/20/2007 6:29:44 PM PDT by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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