On 12 Jan 2008, at 00:10, Dave Land wrote: > 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. :-)
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