tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6143080828508844933..comments2024-03-18T21:55:56.412-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Biofuels a Crime Against Humanity?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84629877291312877172008-04-14T15:36:00.000-07:002008-04-14T15:36:00.000-07:00Hi JB. Of course you're right, it's half a billio...Hi JB. Of course you're right, it's half a billion although it's hard to see how much good that can do given the enormity of the problem. <BR/><BR/>I've been wondering just how extensive this problem will be. Could it even be permanent with climate-change disruptions in crop production? <BR/><BR/>At what point are we apt to become so desensitized to this that we turn indifferent? I think that oculd happen.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75298105279636140622008-04-14T13:45:00.000-07:002008-04-14T13:45:00.000-07:00A little correction: You say: "The World Bank is c...A little correction: You say: "The World Bank is calling for the developed countries to put up half a trillion dollars for immediate food aid."<BR/><BR/>I think they're only asking for an immediate $500 million. That's half a billion. <BR/><BR/>To put things into some perspective, Canada's 2006 budget gave $2 billion to ethanol and biofuel development. One-quarter of the money Canada, alone,is spending on ethanol subsidies could alleviate the suffering of 89 million hungry people.<BR/><BR/>At least the drivers of Flex-Fuel Lincoln Navigators can pat themselves on the back at the pump.<BR/><BR/>I blogged on this today, too. <BR/><BR/>JBJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-79996039089068120992008-04-14T13:14:00.000-07:002008-04-14T13:14:00.000-07:00Gee, can hardly wait to see this one unroll. Remi...Gee, can hardly wait to see this one unroll. Reminding one of how the International Monetary Fund took a thriving agrarian society -Sudan - introduced in this order; debt financing, a morass of war, then starvation.<BR/>Wasn't it America eading that one as well, back in the 70's & '80's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com