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Scarce resources aren't the cause of starving babies

• glenra 13y ago
  > Scarce resources aren't the cause of starving babies They aren't? Wait, let's make the claim more specific. Biofuel mandates that had been justified in part based on CO2 concerns have driven up the cost of corn and other grains - crops and farmland is being needlessly diverted from food to fuel. Making grains more expensive has indeed been a cause of starvation in the third world. Um, here: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/62609/c-ford-runge-and-benjamin-senauer/how-biofuels-could-starve-the-poor http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/62609/c-ford-runge-an...