Fuels vs. food
Cato Institute
by Indur Goklany
04/17/08
President Bush’s call yesterday for a dramatic slowdown of green-house-gas emissions reflects growing concern for the consequences of climate change. But what about the consequences of the world’s response? The fact is, food riots resulting partly from the United States’ alternative energy policies have arrived at our front door. Crowds of hungry demonstrators swarmed the presidential palace in Haiti last week to protest skyrocketing food prices. In recent years, we’ve heard that climate change could be catastrophic for nature and humanity. But it’s becoming increasingly evident that over the next few decades, climate-change policies could prove even more catastrophic...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9337
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biofuels
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+riots
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haiti
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+prices
by Indur Goklany
04/17/08
President Bush’s call yesterday for a dramatic slowdown of green-house-gas emissions reflects growing concern for the consequences of climate change. But what about the consequences of the world’s response? The fact is, food riots resulting partly from the United States’ alternative energy policies have arrived at our front door. Crowds of hungry demonstrators swarmed the presidential palace in Haiti last week to protest skyrocketing food prices. In recent years, we’ve heard that climate change could be catastrophic for nature and humanity. But it’s becoming increasingly evident that over the next few decades, climate-change policies could prove even more catastrophic...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9337
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=biofuels
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+riots
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haiti
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+prices
rudkla - 18. Apr, 09:42
