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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 09:50 AM

    Feed the hungry (SUV's)!

    Who cares? We'd MUCH rather get to Wal-Mart to go deeper into debt buying next year's garage-sale stuff, than eat today! Get in the Hummer, Maude; we're gonna go get two hundred tacos!

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