Posts Tagged ‘food costs’

The Problem with Biofuels

1051890954_b1ab552921_m.jpgWe should have known that any product endorsed by the U.S. auto industry and the agribusiness lobby couldn’t really be sustainable. Agribusiness loves ethanol biofuels because they can get higher prices for corporate corn; the auto industry loves ethanol because it doesn’t have to retool their gas-guzzling cars. In October, the United Nations called for a moratorium on the use of biofuels, because they are exploiting land used to produce food and [...]

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