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Friday, July 4, 2008 12:00 AM

A biofuel food-price bombshell

The U.K. Guardian reports some astonishing numbers from a "confidential" World Bank study on energy crops and grain prices.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Friday, July 4, 2008 12:55 PM

    Drunk on Corn Likker, or White Lightnin', call it what you will!

    1. Andyinsdca: I sympathize. I have written several, many embarrassing Salon posts while all-but-plastered.

    2. Everybody: Please bear in mind that the original idea for corn fuel was "Energy Independence," rather than efficiency. And, the people who promote ethanol are not lefty greenies, but corn farmers and agro-industrialists.

    Corn fuel is an idea whose time came and went very quickly. We need time to catch up with reality.

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