Biofueling disorder
National Review
by William Yeatman
09/24/07
Would you believe that the weather in Indiana could trigger popular unrest in China? Global demand for fuel made out of food is growing so fast that grain supplies are becoming dangerously thin. In this market, a hiccup in agricultural production — like a drought in America’s Corn Belt — could cause food prices to skyrocket in countries like China that depend on food imports. When poor urbanites in developing nations suddenly cannot afford to eat, they just might take to the streets in anger...
http://tinyurl.com/2xbxrm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biofuels
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Yeatman
by William Yeatman
09/24/07
Would you believe that the weather in Indiana could trigger popular unrest in China? Global demand for fuel made out of food is growing so fast that grain supplies are becoming dangerously thin. In this market, a hiccup in agricultural production — like a drought in America’s Corn Belt — could cause food prices to skyrocket in countries like China that depend on food imports. When poor urbanites in developing nations suddenly cannot afford to eat, they just might take to the streets in anger...
http://tinyurl.com/2xbxrm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biofuels
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Yeatman
rudkla - 25. Sep, 11:12
