[cogitator]

A new twist on the phrase "food-for-oil".

[Blue Highway]

In order to fill this gap FAO has set up an International Bioenergy Platform (IBEP), to be officially presented at the United Nations in New York on May 9.

Yet again another "organization" for the UN to bilk millions while the media praises them for providing extra income for farmers.

[rellimpank]

--since I'll be in the middle of corn country for a while in a couple of months, I'll be curious to see how much of it is being used in corn-growing for ethanol --

[Da Bilge Troll]

Let me get this straight. They're saying that market forces could solve the oil problem instead of tyrannical government mandates? There must be some mistake.

[Jumper]

Coca-cola... This luxury costs about the same as gas. Just cutting back on soda pop would stretch your budget enough to make up for the high prices.

[FormerACLUmember]

55 American Coal to Fuel synfuels plants and counting! The USA is the Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/Iraq combined of coal on earth. With enough synfuels plants, the US could easily be 100% energy independent.

[RightWhale]

Over the next 15 to 20 years we may

Over the next 15 to 20 years we may all live within walking distance of our job in the biofuel cornfields.

[Sam the Sham]

All countries of the first world have heavily subsidized, heavily protected farming sectors. In a perfect world they would be phased out but it not being a perfect world no country is going to outsource something as critical as food production.

This is a way to make the farming sector in the first world truly economical.