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Old Apr 15, 2008, 08:51 am   #1280 (permalink) (top)
xyzer
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It looks like Wills assessment is right?
Global warming rage lets global hunger grow - Telegraph

Our over reaction and guesses that the way to counter global warming is to produce synthetic fuels made from food crops? Look what happens. The price and availability of corn goes up and many starve?
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The UN says it takes 232kg of corn to fill a 50-litre car tank with ethanol. That is enough to feed a child for a year. Last week, the UN predicted "massacres" unless the biofuel policy is halted.
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"The world food situation is very serious: we have seen riots in Egypt, Cameroon, Haiti and Burkina Faso," said Mr Diouf. "There is a risk that this unrest will spread in countries where 50pc to 60pc of income goes to food," he said.
And guess what, anthropogenic causes of warming are not a scientific certainty? And guess what there are a lot of cheap of carbon based fuel sources still in the ground plus other clean fuels such as nuclear with enormous potential?


Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.
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