tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post2379486352118863389..comments2023-11-02T12:51:49.376+00:00Comments on Ruscombe Green: Put food into mouths not carsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-77168266438894276942011-04-15T10:08:36.928+01:002011-04-15T10:08:36.928+01:00Just last year an EU report warned of link to hung...Just last year an EU report warned of link to hunger:<br />http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/05/us-eu-biofuels-agri-idUSTRE62420Y20100305Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-34914549439336736062011-04-15T10:04:59.602+01:002011-04-15T10:04:59.602+01:00Thanks for comments - there are many factors affec...Thanks for comments - there are many factors affecting food prices - see the two films from the Stroud Coffee House Discussion that I uploaded onto my blog today: <br />http://ruscombegreen.blogspot.com/2011/04/stroud-discusses-will-there-be-world.html<br /><br />Food speculation is one of the most serious - film two covers that. However the Dept of Transport's biofuel target is madness - Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135990144492521067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-85648146104113560522011-04-15T09:57:56.415+01:002011-04-15T09:57:56.415+01:00As the campaign website says in just five African ...As the campaign website says in just five African countries, 1.1 million hectares have already been given over to biofuels - an area the size of Belgium. Last year, 90% of UK biofuels were imported, mostly from Europe, the US and South America. If the government trebles our target, it’s most likely that the extra biofuel will come from developing countries meaning more communities will suffer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-86330764973409950302011-04-14T22:20:42.518+01:002011-04-14T22:20:42.518+01:00"however the evidence is now clear and action..."however the evidence is now clear and action must be taken"....what is the evidence??? To suggest that biofuels will "push a further 600 million people into hunger" is simply ridiculous and displays a serious lack of knowledge of the food economy, never mind biofuels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com