Biofuels are driving food prices higher
The Guardian - Jun 1, 2011
But the drive for more biofuels to fuel vehicles and power stations in rich countries is having another, more localised effect. Companies are scouring the globe for land to meet biofuel targets. There is simply not enough land in the rich world to ...
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Renewables could meet 80% of global energy demand
REVE - Zoë Casey - May 17, 2011
The annual production of ethanol increased to 1.6 EJ (76 billion litres) by the end of 2009 and biodiesel to 0.6 EJ (17 billion litres). Of the approximate 300 GW of new electricity generating capacity added globally over the twoyear period from 2008 ...
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Lords debate Agriculture: Global Food Security
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) - Baroness Byford - May 12, 2011
Life for farmers in the UK is also made difficult because of a tremendous lack of support for co-operatives-for machinery rings, marketing co-operatives and all the other things that make life easier for the smaller producer. Those are problems for all ...
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