Comments on: Biofuels Vs. Food http://policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/ Policy Matters Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Policy Wise » Global Warming Can Trigger Hunger in India http://policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/#comment-898 Policy Wise » Global Warming Can Trigger Hunger in India Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:40:15 +0000 http://www.policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/#comment-898 [...] As economists David Piemental and Mario Giampetro had concluded in their Food, Land, Population, and the US economy, by 2050, if the current level of growth in US population is maintained, even America will find it difficult to feed its population which will have a huge impact on global food security. Their report came out in 1994 when the global warming debate was largely restricted to avant-garde environmentalists. And there is the problem of bio-fuels. [...] [...] As economists David Piemental and Mario Giampetro had concluded in their Food, Land, Population, and the US economy, by 2050, if the current level of growth in US population is maintained, even America will find it difficult to feed its population which will have a huge impact on global food security. Their report came out in 1994 when the global warming debate was largely restricted to avant-garde environmentalists. And there is the problem of bio-fuels. [...]

]]> By: Kiran http://policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/#comment-625 Kiran Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:15:03 +0000 http://www.policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/#comment-625 We have more agricultural land available in the world than needed to provide food for all the population. Most of it is currently being wasted due to mismanagement, price cartels and ofcourse, agricultural subsidies. Land is one of the primary resource that developing countries have to earn revenue and foreign exchange. They are not able to do that currently due to stupid agricultural subsidies. The argument that biofuels produce food shortage has no water at all. We have more agricultural land available in the world than needed to provide food for all the population. Most of it is currently being wasted due to mismanagement, price cartels and ofcourse, agricultural subsidies.

Land is one of the primary resource that developing countries have to earn revenue and foreign exchange. They are not able to do that currently due to stupid agricultural subsidies.

The argument that biofuels produce food shortage has no water at all.

]]> By: Sabarish Sasidharan http://policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/#comment-593 Sabarish Sasidharan Wed, 30 May 2007 21:17:34 +0000 http://www.policywise.net/2007/05/25/biofuels-vs-food/#comment-593 As if all these bad effects didn't happen in the course of normal agriculture... My grandpa can remember so many varieties of bananas some of which are permanently lost to us. So we lost many species of bananas when cultivating bananas all the while ! And how about rice? We had so many varieties of rice which are now lost to us. As if all these bad effects didn’t happen in the course of normal agriculture… My grandpa can remember so many varieties of bananas some of which are permanently lost to us. So we lost many species of bananas when cultivating bananas all the while ! And how about rice? We had so many varieties of rice which are now lost to us.

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