Comments on: Oxfam: Biofuels have dragged 30 million people into poverty http://smashthemirror.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/oxfam-biofuels-have-dragged-30-million-people-into-poverty/ Thoughts on Geopolitics, Energy, Economic Issues and other whatnot Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tree Planter http://smashthemirror.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/oxfam-biofuels-have-dragged-30-million-people-into-poverty/#comment-535 Tree Planter Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:31:22 +0000 http://smashthemirror.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-535 Great article... and don't forget the benefits that planting a tree will have on the environment. Each one will soak up 20kgs of CO2 every year and put enough Oxygen back in the atmosphere to support 2 people. Great article… and don’t forget the benefits that planting a tree will have on the environment. Each one will soak up 20kgs of CO2 every year and put enough Oxygen back in the atmosphere to support 2 people.

]]> By: Rob Costa http://smashthemirror.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/oxfam-biofuels-have-dragged-30-million-people-into-poverty/#comment-527 Rob Costa Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:31:14 +0000 http://smashthemirror.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-527 I saw the same article and I agree, the ethanol picture keeps getting worse and worse. The kinds of biofuels we are producing today are just not going to be a big part of any positive change. We should stop subsidizing flawed biofuel implementations immediately and focus on increasing food supplies and stopping deforestation. Doing both of those is hard enough without having to worry about wasting energy and arable land on ethanol. As frequent readers may recall, another Oxfam study suggested that <a href="http://smashthemirror.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/food-summit-addresses-biofuels/" rel="nofollow">15-30%</a> of the food price inflation was attributable to biofuels such as ethanol. I saw the same article and I agree, the ethanol picture keeps getting worse and worse. The kinds of biofuels we are producing today are just not going to be a big part of any positive change. We should stop subsidizing flawed biofuel implementations immediately and focus on increasing food supplies and stopping deforestation. Doing both of those is hard enough without having to worry about wasting energy and arable land on ethanol.

As frequent readers may recall, another Oxfam study suggested that 15-30% of the food price inflation was attributable to biofuels such as ethanol.

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