Allan Shumaker Wrote:
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> Interesting analysis, would be interesting to know
> what group funded the study!
> There are certain issues with converting food to
> fuel when a large part of the worlds population
> goes to bed hungry.

Not when the problem is less food PRODUCTION than food TRANSPORT and DISTRIBUTION.

We CAN & do grow enough food.... the problem is that the parts of the world that CAN grow the excess food, don't need it, and that the parts of the world that need it, can't afford it..... and that even when you try sending it there as charity assistance, unstable local social & political conditions often prevent it's going to those who need it.

And moving the people to where the food is is NOT an option.... one reason some parts of the world are in trouble while others aren't, is that "some" parts of the world have low breeding rates & more productive (better educated, less socially violent, etc) citizenry..... while others are the opposite. Moving people with higher breeding rates & lower productivity to the areas that CAN produce excess simply places an unsupportable burder on their economies (takes at least a generation for the new arrivals to be educated & socialized, if not longer).... while doing nothing to solve the problem back home unless you've removed EVERYBODY (since the remainder simply breed faster in the face of less competition). Maybe not even then, as neighboring groups (as, or almost as bad off) would move into the empty land.

It's an educational & social modification problem..... NOT a food/energy use one.

> However there are new technologies on the horizon
> that may make renueable fuels even more
> economic.

Kenuchelover.