[MD] WHY MoQ IS PARALYzED

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>:

> At 02:28 PM 4/26/2008, you wrote:
> 
> >Shall we discuss how government mandates about ethanol are causing food
> >shortages and riots?
> 
> Greeting Platt,
> 
> Your statement is ignoring the major crop failures occurring globally 
> due to severe weather.  Ethanol production is not a primary cause of 
> food shortages or the riots.
> 
> Marsha

Hi Marsha,

I don't know about "primary cause," but we must be reading different reports.
In the Guardian there's a report that the production of bioplastics in place of
oil-based plastic is contributing to food shortages: "Many of the bioplastics are
also contributing to the global food crises by taking over large acres of land
previously used to grow crops for human consumption." Like in many well-intentioned
government programs, there are often unforeseen and unintended negative consequences.

Platt

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