They have no bread? Let them eat waste!
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The Guardian has obtained an unreleased World Bank study that finds the use of biofuels at fault for up to 75% increases in global food prices. Unsurprisingly, government officials are attempting to push the study aside and ignore it. The Guardian reports that the study remains unpublished to avoid embarrassing President Bush, who has heavily pushed biofuel technology.
“Political leaders seem intent on suppressing and ignoring the strong evidence that biofuels are a major factor in recent food price rises,” said Robert Bailey, policy adviser at Oxfam. “It is imperative that we have the full picture. While politicians concentrate on keeping industry lobbies happy, people in poor countries cannot afford enough to eat.”
