[MD] WHY MoQ IS PARALYzED

[Platt Holden]

> 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

Hi Marsha,

Thanks for the reminder that  causes are often multiple and, in some cases,
hidden from the view of even thorough-going investigators. 

Platt