This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
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.

Read other letters about this article

  • Saturday, July 5, 2008 06:36 AM

    @rich gibson

    Property is theft in the US ....... the land was stolen from the native americans ....... and the argument should be about the rational use of resources ........ ethanol only has two carbons and is a poor fuel ........ low energy density ....... no one can justify viewing ethanol as an efficient energy source ...... as usual, whenever you see anything going on that does reason, you simply have to follow the money trail ........ and as usual its greedy corporations who value money over everything including reason ...... corporate farming and chemical and seed suppliers are the driving forces behind ethanol as a fuel ........ not scientific opinion .....

Most Active Letters Threads

363

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
191

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
94

How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!

So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again
47

Police to talk to Woods

Early morning crash raises questions, and revives tabloid speculation
47

Have yourself a very merry black Friday

The author of "Scroogenomics" explains why holiday shopping is a drain on the wallet and the holiday spirit

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon