The Raw Story | Biofuels the source of world food crisis: leaked report
The Raw Story | Biofuels the source of world food crisis: leaked report
The United States Government’s Agriculture department recently claimed that the production of biofuels, or plant-based gas for use in combustion engines, has contributed a mere 3 percent to the growing cost of food worldwide. However, a leaked report from the World Bank, detailed in a new report by the UK’s The Guardian, claims that these same fuels are at the root of nearly 75 percent of increases in world food prices.
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