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Hunger campaigners have targeted the recent rise in bio-fuels -- usually the conversion of food crops into energy -- as one of the main culprits for the price rise and say the summit should declare a ban on arable land being switched to biofuel production.
"To continue the pursuit of biofuels in the face of the credible, impartial and growing opinion that this is exacerbating the food crisis is morally outrageous and utterly indefensible," said Rob Bailey, of hunger campaigners Oxfam.
Under U.S. plans, about a quarter of the U.S. corn crop will be channeled into ethanol production by 2022 as an alternative to crude oil.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer played down the impact of biofuels on food pricing, saying they only contributed 2-3 percent of overall price rise. Oxfam says the real figure is closer to 30 percent.

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  joeblowe1 year, 6 months ago
  
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  Already the case. Haven't you heard about all the people "existing" on sub-standard rations? It's ALREADY to the point where everyone on the planet can't be fed properly.
  
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  markmawn21 year, 6 months ago
  
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  One acre of corn can produce 300 gal. (It's probably more like 50-60) One acre of tanks filled with algae can produce 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of bio-diesel.
  
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    BB641 year, 6 months ago
    
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    I agree in the concepts but I haven't seen that kind of production in the "green" crude oil studies. It's certainly a new science and one worth studying. It's a better alternative to ethanol.
    
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    crghss1 year, 6 months ago
    
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    "One acre of tanks filled with algae can produce 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of bio-diesel"
    Yeah, then what happens to the sea life?
    
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      markmawn21 year, 6 months ago
      
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      (sigh) Algae can be grown in plastic soda bottles and fed poop. 3 problems solved.
      
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  saintetienne1 year, 6 months ago
  
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  Oxfam is full of baloney.
  And the U.S. is going to channel as much corn into biofuel as it damn well pleases.
  Don't like it, grammahootchie? Move.
  
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    BB641 year, 6 months ago
    
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    Oxfam is full of it but so are the ethanol morons. It's a terrible product. Taking out just how much fuel it takes to make it. Or the fact that it is very polluting to make in the first place or burns less cleanly than gasoline alone. Or that it's taking food producing land off the market. It can't be shipped via pipeline. Every ounce has to be shipped via truck or train. Terrible solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
    
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    gamahuche1 year, 6 months ago
    
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    Oh lord, the winky-wanky bird is back.
    
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  DropkickaLib1 year, 6 months ago
  
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  I'm not big on biofuel but much more of the problem is due to uncontrolled birth rates in some of the world's poorest areas. We don't have over one billion people...India and China do.
  
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  BB641 year, 6 months ago
  
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  Gama, Ethanol is a huge problem. There is so much money available to farmers so they grow corn, it's reduced other crops. The US plan you're showing is after all the plants and productions are in place. They're not and thats where the problem is. In fact, you're seeing rain forests in Malaysia being clear cut to plant corn for the US markets. Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. But then again, Global Warming is the new religion so it doesn't have to make sense.
  
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