Re: "Starvation" in Tibet, says Dalai Lama.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:23:32 -0700, calderhome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> The biofuel aggravated food crisis is not just a problem for others,
> it is hurting people right here in the USA.  Public schools can no
> longer afford to provide decent lunches for our kids.  US food banks
> are running low on supplies, and millions of low income Americans are
> unable to afford enough food to get them through the month.
> 
> When you are the one starving, its not such a joke or a light issue to
> be glib about.
> 
> To put this in perspective, the infamous Cambodian dictator Pol Pot
> only killed 1.7 million people between 1975 and 1979.  Biofuels will
> contribute significantly to the deaths of 10 to 20 million in 2008
> alone, ...  


No, if that does happen, bio-fuels will not be the cause.  It will be
caused by a combination of unchecked population growth (increasing demand
means increasing prices), Global Climate Change (reducing crops yields),
skyrocketing oil prices (which in turn increases the price of agricultural
products), and inane economic policies which pad the pockets of farmers in
rich nations, while putting farmers elsewhere out of business.