From an AFP article today - "The boom in ethanol fuels in the United States and elsewhere could have devastating effects on food prices and worsen world hunger, a new study argues."

The only way we Americans will really conserve energy is a hit to the wallet/pocketbook.  When energy costs more, we'll use less.



 From www.poverty.com -

   "About 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every three and a half seconds, .... Unfortunately, it is children who die most often.  Yet there is plenty of food in the world for everyone. The problem is that hungry people are trapped in severe poverty. They lack the money to buy enough food to nourish themselves. Being constantly malnourished, they become weaker and often sick. This makes them increasingly less able to work, which then makes them even poorer and hungrier. This downward spiral often continues until death for them and their families."

Are we willing to cause others to starve to death so we can continue using energy as we have in the past?

        

 

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