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Specifically the policy of burning food - maize as biofuel - has contributed to sharp rises in food prices which are causing great hardship in many countries and is also now leading to increased deforestation in Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, Togo, Cambodia, Nigeria, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Benin and Uganda for cultivation of crops
Thats what trips my trigger ... who in their right mind ever thought this was a good idea?
Seems like the countries listed all could use some farms. Remember, at one time there weren't farms all over the US, they were once, fields, and forests as well.
Besides the corn used for biofuel is not the same corn used for food. There are many types of corn, and each has it's own purpose. It's a man made crop, hence the lack of any nutritional value.
We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.
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All of those countries listed have some type of rainforest that is being cut down for these "farms." Rainforests, although extremely high in biodiversity, have extremely poor soil for growing crops. It's not a very nutrient rich layer, it's very thin, and it doesn't recycle well. Cutting down the forests to plant the farms creates poor farms that can get something like 2-3 seasons of food, then go barren. It's not a good use of that land, and it's a waste of pristine tropical rainforest.
What has worked for us in the past, wasn't necessarily good for our environment. Why make others follow in our footsteps?
There are no sacred cows.
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Besides the corn used for biofuel is not the same corn used for food. There are many types of corn, and each has it's own purpose. It's a man made crop, hence the lack of any nutritional value.
But, if we were producing edible corn at 100% capacity before, but are now producing at 80% edible, 20% biofuel, thats a huge reduction of available corn for export all over the world. The problem is that we're planting more of it in place of edible corn reducing our reserves that other countries rely on as a cheap, reliable food stuff.
There are no sacred cows.
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