On Jan 11, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:

> Lance A. Brown wrote:
>>
>>> This is not necessarily true - if there's unused land and the new  
>>> crop
>>> grows into that land, then this would have no positive impact in the
>>> food price. The reverse would even be more likely, since if it  
>>> becomes
>>> not viable to turn the food crop into fuel, the new crop would  
>>> compete
>>> with the previous crops, making food prices cheaper.
>>>
>> Unused land suitable for corn or sugarcane?
>>
> You didn't parse my e-mail address. Do it now.
> There's plenty of suitable land for sugarcane here... :-)

Sure, and if it's not already cleared for planting, I'm sure you folks
can figure out how to slash and burn a couple of million square miles of
the planet's lungs to clear the way. :-)

Dave

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