[MD] WHY MoQ IS PARALYzED

[MarshaV]

At 09:01 AM 4/27/2008, you wrote:
>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
>
>-------------------------------------------------


Greetings Platt,

There seems to be many reasons for the food shortages.  I was 
concerned that your statement gave the impression that Ethanol 
production was the primary, or only, cause.

Marsha





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