Taking a bold and admirable stance, the U.N. has announced that subsidies and production of biofuels are contributing to increased food prices and food shortages. Echoing the warning call of environmentalists and many scientists, the U.N. argues that the recent mad dash to produce biofuels, has pushed farmers to plant commodity crops like corn to create ethanol, leaving little room for food people can eat, including wheat. Food supplies go down, prices shoot up, and more forests are cleared to plant biofuel crops. The U.N. report says that biofuel policies should be:
urgently reviewed in order to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability,
We obviously want to end our addiction to fossil fuels, and while plants sounded like a very green replacement, the approach that has been taken is more like covering your body with nicotine patches to quit smoking:
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Make fuel, not war, says eco-crusader Josh Tickell, who has taken his film Fields of Fuel and the message of American energy independence on the road this year. The film, which was 