Today, I saw an article on the CBC about a bakery having to close because of rising wheat costs due to the demand for biofuels. This isn't the first time I've heard of such a story as there are microbreweries that are struggling to turn a profit due to the rising prices of hops and barley. Biofuels are cleaner than traditional fuels, but the way we're getting this fuel is becoming completely stupid. The primary source of these biofuels are from crops that should be used for sustenance (ie. corn, wheat, hops, barley) rather than being used as fuel. Now you end up with morons running countries where most of their corn or wheat is used to generate biofuels because it makes more money as fuel than as food. What makes this disturbing is the fact that there are people starving and these crops could be used to feed people instead of cars.
But the biofuel promoters are also at fault. They should be emphasizing alternative crops that could be grown at higher densities than traditional crops for biofuels. Governments should also limit the production of biofuels to a specific percentage of a particular farm's annual crop output. I just find it disgusting to see people are starving and farmers just ignorantly convert their crops into biofuels instead of using the food to feel starving people.
This probably doesn't make any sense, but I haven't slept for days so this is the best I could do for now... my rant of the day.
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