Posted by Michele on April 10, 2007, 21:34:21, in reply to "Re: More on Biofuels " --Previous Message--
Yes, and there is a big issue with corn not being an indigenous crop in every climate zone/country. Here's an example: there are at least 30 kinds of millet native to Africa (about 6 kinds here in the US)...not corn, coffee or cocoa, but millet. Attempts to grow crops that aren't native have left much of Africa, India and other nations with desert where they once had rich soil. Millet may not run cars, but it does feed the hungry!
: Oh boy
:
: I had heard something like that but
: never got the full story. I always
: assumed when they talked about the
: competition between food and fuel for
: corn they were talking about when they
: fed corn to cattle and then consumed
: the cattle. This article makes it sound
: they they are talking about direct corn
: consumption by humans. Also, I hadn't
: stopped to consider what it would do to
: the price of corn for the poor.
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