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Subject: UN Expert Seeks to Halt Biofuel Output

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larry
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Date Posted: 05:57:53 10/27/07 Sat

you can get the full story at the link. looks like biofuel is on the way out.

A U.N. expert on Friday called the growing practice of converting food crops into biofuel "a crime against humanity," saying it is creating food shortages and price jumps that cause millions of poor people to go hungry.

Jean Ziegler, who has been the United Nations' independent expert on the right to food since the position was established in 2000, called for a five-year moratorium on biofuel production to halt what he called a growing "catastrophe" for the poor.

Scientific research is progressing very quickly, he said, "and in five years it will be possible to make biofuel and biodiesel from agricultural waste" rather than wheat, corn, sugar cane and other food crops.

Using biofuel instead of gasoline in cars is generally considered to cut carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming, although some scientists say greenhouse gases released during the production of biofuel could offset those gains.

The use of crops for biofuel has being pursued especially in Brazil and the United States.

Last March, President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed an agreement committing their countries to boosting ethanol production. They said increasing use of alternative fuels would lead to more jobs, a cleaner environment and greater independence from the whims of the oil market.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/10/26/international/i140436D32.DTL

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Re: UN Expert Seeks to Halt Biofuel Output Duncan7 07:05:43 10/27/07 Sat

First thing I've heard form the UN that makes any sense. Curmudgeon 10:29:04 10/27/07 Sat

Re: First thing I've heard form the UN that makes any sense. -- Duncan7, 08:47:55 10/28/07 Sun

Here's some info re the susidies that go to ethanol. -- Curmudgeon, 10:45:17 10/28/07 Sun

Re: Here's some info re the susidies that go to ethanol. -- Duncan7, 15:02:46 10/28/07 Sun

Here's some info on what e10 is doing. -- larry, 06:07:29 11/11/07 Sun

Re: Here's some info on what e10 is doing. -- Duncan7, 11:04:38 11/12/07 Mon

Re: Here's some info on what e10 is doing. -- larry, 14:54:09 11/14/07 Wed

Re: Here's some info on what e10 is doing. -- Duncan7, 09:11:28 11/15/07 Thu

Just returned from 2000+miles, burning ethanol-laced gasoline -- Curmudgeon, 16:45:00 11/14/07 Wed

Re: Just returned from 2000+miles, burning ethanol-laced gasoline -- Duncan7, 09:09:06 11/15/07 Thu

Not a problem for me, because I only drive about 12,000 miles a year, doing a lot less -- Curmudgeon, 10:40:37 11/15/07 Thu